Direct numerical simulation of turbulent mixed convection in a vertical channel in a wall-normal magnetic field |
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Authors: | Shin-ichi Satake Kazuki Sone Keito Furumi Tomoaki Kunugi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Dept. of Applied Electronics, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan;2. Dept. of Nuclear Eng., Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan |
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Abstract: | Liquid metal coolants have a significant role in the design of advanced fusion reactors. There is a need for an investigation of the thermal behavior of the liquid metal in working reactor environment, such as when fluid flow at low Prandtl number (Pr) with a buoyancy effect, is subjected to a magnetic field. In the present study, a direct numerical simulation (DNS) for a low Pr number fluid flow resulting in turbulent heat transfer with buoyancy effect under a magnetic field has been carried out between two vertical plates kept at different temperatures. In this simulation, the values of the Hartmann number (Ha) were 0 and 6, Pr number was 0.06 and Grashof numbers were 6.4 × 105, 9.6 × 105, and 1.6 × 106. The turbulent quantities of the parameters such as the mean temperature, turbulent heat flux, and temperature variance were obtained by direct numerical simulation (DNS). The Reynolds number (Re) for channel flow based on friction velocity averaged by both walls, viscosity, and channel half-width was set to be constant as Reτ* = 150. A uniform magnetic field was applied in a direction perpendicular to the walls of the channel. The profiles of mean velocity and velocity fluctuations became asymmetric, and the tendency was enhanced with the increasing buoyancy effect. However, by the application of a magnetic field the tendency decreased. In other words, thermal transport between the walls became weak due to the magnetic effect. |
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