A model for multi-component droplet heating and evaporation and its implementation into ANSYS Fluent

O. Rybdylova, Luke Poulton, Mansour Al Qubeissi, A.E. Elwardany, C. Crua, T. Khan, Sergei S. Sazhin

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    Abstract

    The main ideas of the model for multi-component droplet heating and evaporation, based on the analytical solutions to the heat conduction and species diffusion equations in the liquid phase, and its implementation into ANSYS Fluent CFD software are described. The model is implemented into this software via User-Defined Functions (UDF). The predictions of ANSYS Fluent with the newly implemented model are verified against the results predicted by the previously developed in-house research code for droplets comprising of a mixture of ethanol and acetone evaporating and cooled down in ambient air.

    Publisher Statement: NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, [90, (2017)] DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2017.10.018

    © 2017, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)29-33
    Number of pages5
    JournalInternational Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
    Volume90
    Early online date22 Nov 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2018

    Bibliographical note

    NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, [90, (2017)] DOI: 10.1016/j.icheatmasstransfer.2017.10.018

    © 2017, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

    Keywords

    • Droplets
    • Heating
    • Evaporation
    • ANSYS Fluent
    • Ethanol
    • Acetone

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