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A lattice Boltzmann model for heat transfer in porous media

Chen, Sheng; Yang, Bo; Zheng, Chuguang

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Authors

Sheng Chen

Bo Yang

Chuguang Zheng



Abstract

Porous media are commonly found not only in the nature but also in industries. Furthermore, porous media is an important research prototype for a diversity of disciplines. So far a REV (representative elementary volume) scale lattice Boltzmann (LB) model has been proposed and popularly used for investigation on heat transfer in porous media. Unfortunately, such model suffers from a serious drawback that it cannot address an investigated domain where the heat capacitance (the product of density and specific heat capacity) of porous media varies spatially obviously. Such deficit restricts dramatically its applicable range. The purpose of the present work is to remedy such serious shortcoming in a simple way. Numerical validation demonstrates the capability and reliability of the present model. In order to clearly show the advantage of the present model, here a single-relaxation-time LB model is taken as an example to illustrate how to remedy the shortcoming of previous models. Its multiple-relaxation-time counterpart can be established straightforwardly in the same way.

Citation

Chen, S., Yang, B., & Zheng, C. (2017). A lattice Boltzmann model for heat transfer in porous media. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 111, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.04.054

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 9, 2017
Online Publication Date Apr 23, 2017
Publication Date Aug 31, 2017
Deposit Date May 16, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
Print ISSN 0017-9310
Electronic ISSN 0017-9310
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 111
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.04.054
Keywords Lattice Boltzmann method, Heat transfer, Porous media
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/880483
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2017.04.054

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