SHORT COMMUNICATION A PHASE‐CHANGE TEMPERATURE‐BASED FORMULATION INCLUDING GENERAL LATENT HEAT EFFECTS

Abstract

A phase‐change temperature‐based formulation including general latent heat effects is presented. These effects are taken into account by means of an explicit “phase‐change function” (or liquid fraction‐temperature relationship in a more specific context) defined analytically or based on experimental measurements. The behaviour of different functions is studied and compared. The finite element equations of this formulation are also described. Finally, a numerical example is analysed to illustrate the performance of the proposed methodology.

Citation

CELENTANO, D. and PÉREZ, E. (1996), "SHORT COMMUNICATION A PHASE‐CHANGE TEMPERATURE‐BASED FORMULATION INCLUDING GENERAL LATENT HEAT EFFECTS", International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow, Vol. 6 No. 8, pp. 71-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017558