Modeling heat transfer in supercritical fluid using the lattice Boltzmann method

作者:Hazi Gabor*; Markus Attila
来源:Physical Review E, 2008, 77(2): 026305.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevE.77.026305

摘要

A lattice Boltzmann model has been developed to simulate heat transfer in supercritical fluids. A supercritical viscous fluid layer between two plates heated from the bottom has been studied. It is demonstrated that the model can be used to study heat transfer near the critical point where the so-called piston effect speeds up the transfer of heat and results in homogeneous heating in the bulk of the layer. We have also studied the onset of convection in a Rayleigh-Benard configuration. It is shown that our model can well predict qualitatively the onset of convection near the critical point, where there is a crossover between the Rayleigh and Schwarzschild criteria.

  • 出版日期2008-2