在水泥泥泥中空气泡的运动
N'dri Arthur Konan1,2, Eilis Rosenbaum3, Mehrdad Massoudi3
1National Energy Technology Laboratory, 3610 Collins Ferry Road, Morgantown, WV 26507, USA.
Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 14, 2023
概括
数字模拟显示,水泥泥泡泡动力学是由破裂,而不是流速. 气泡大小和上升速度随着气体流量增加而减少,赫歇尔-布克利模型显示出更大的产量区域.
科学领域:
- 多相流动动力学 多相流动力学
- 计算流体动力学的流体动力学.
- 材料科学是一种材料科学.
背景情况:
- 了解水泥材料中的气泡行为对于诸如油井凝固和混凝土生产等应用至关重要.
- 以前的研究往往简化了泡动态或依赖经验相关性.
- 水泥泥的风学特性显著影响多相流.
研究的目的:
- 为了数值地研究水泥泥中的空气泡的动态.
- 用先进的计算流体动力学技术建模二相系统.
- 为了比较Herschel-Bulkley和Bingham流体模型对泡行为和泥流动的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用流体体积 (VOF) 方法对两相系统 (气泡和水泥泥) 的数值模拟.
- 用赫舍尔-布克利和宾汉姆流体模型对水泥泥的整形学建模.
- 解决质量和线性动量保存方程以捕捉泡动态.
主要成果:
- 平均Sauter直径和气泡的平均上升速度随着气体流速的增加而减少.
- 泡轨迹主要是直线的,由破裂事件控制,而不是显著的路径不稳定性.
- 赫舍尔-布克利模型预测水泥泥中一个更大的产量区域 (约. 10%更多) 与宾汉模型相比.
结论:
- 水泥泥中的泡上升动态主要是由分解现象决定的,其轨迹在很大程度上独立于气体流速.
- 选择的风学模型 (Herschel-Bulkley与Bingham) 影响产区的范围,影响整体泥流动行为.
- 这些发现为优化水泥泥中的气体注入过程提供了宝贵的见解.
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