Eulerian–Eulerian multi-phase RPI modeling of turbulent forced convective of boiling flow inside the tube with porous medium
International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow
ISSN: 0961-5539
Article publication date: 17 July 2019
Issue publication date: 30 April 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is simulation the flow boiling inside a tube in the turbulent flow regime for investigating the effect of using a porous medium in the boiling procedure.
Design/methodology/approach
To ensure the accuracy of the obtained numerical results, the presented results have been compared with the experimental results, and proper coincidence has been achieved. In this study, the phase change phenomenon of boiling has been modeled by using the Eulerian–Eulerian multi-phase Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) wall boiling model.
Findings
The obtained results indicate using a porous medium in boiling process is very effective in a way that by using a porous medium inside the tub, the location of changing the liquid to the vapor and the creation of bubbles, changes. By increasing the thermal conductivity of porous medium, the onset of phase changing postpones, which causes the enhancement of heat transfer from the wall to the fluid. Generally, it can be said that using a porous medium in boiling flows, especially in flow with high Reynolds numbers, has a positive effect on heat transfer enhancement. Also, the obtained results revealed that by increasing Reynolds number, the created vapor phase along the tube decreases and by increasing Reynolds number, the Nusselt number enhances.
Originality/value
In present research, by using the computational fluid dynamics, the effect of using a porous medium in the forced boiling of water flow inside a tube has been investigated. The fluid boiling inside the tube has been simulated by using the multi-phase Eulerian RPI wall boiling model, and the effect of thermal conductivity of a porous medium and the Reynolds number on the flow properties, heat transfer and boiling procedure have been investigated.
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Acknowledgements
Corrigendum: It has come to the attention of the publisher that the article Azadbakhti, R., Pourfattah, F., Ahmadi, A., Akbari, O.A. and Toghraie, D. (2019), “Eulerian–Eulerian multi-phase RPI modeling of turbulent forced convective of boiling flow inside the tube with porous medium”, published in the International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 30 No. 5, pp. 2739-2757 has been found to include significant similarities to a previous publication by several of the authors, which was not referenced in this article.
The similar source is Pourfattah, F., Yousefi, S., Akbari, O.A., Adhampour, M., Toghraie, D. and Hekmatifar, M. (2019), “Numerical simulation of the effect of using nanofluid in phase change process of cooling fluid”, published in the International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 30 No. 6, pp. 2913-2934. The author guidelines for International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow state that articles must be original and fully referenced. The authors sincerely apologise for this.
Citation
Azadbakhti, R., Pourfattah, F., Ahmadi, A., Akbari, O.A. and Toghraie, D. (2020), "Eulerian–Eulerian multi-phase RPI modeling of turbulent forced convective of boiling flow inside the tube with porous medium", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 30 No. 5, pp. 2739-2757. https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-03-2019-0194
Publisher
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