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Numerical Study on Heat-Transfer Characteristics of Convection Melting in Metal Foam under Sinusoidal Temperature
Xiang-Bo Feng1,2, Shi-Fan Huo1, Xiao-Tao Xu3
1Xi'an Key Laboratory of Advanced Photo-Electronics Materials and Energy Conversion Device, School of Science, Xijing University, Xi'an 710123, China.
Abstract:
Convection melting in metal foam under sinusoidal temperature boundary conditions is numerically studied in the present study. A multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann method, in conjunction with the enthalpy approach, is constructed to model the melting process without iteration steps. The effects of the porosity, phase deviation, and periodicity parameter on the heat-transfer characteristics are investigated. For the cases considered in this work, it is found that the effects of the phase deviation and periodicity parameter on the melting rate are weak, but the melting front can be significantly affected by the sinusoidal temperature boundary conditions.
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