Analysis of Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer: Pressure Buildup in an Unsaturated Porous Slab Exposed to Hot Gas

This study develops a mathematical model for coupled heat and mass transfer in an unsaturated porous slab exposed to a flowing hot gas. Effects of the initial saturation conditions on associated variables, i.e., total pressure, temperature, moisture content, and multiphase flow, are studied. The Newton-Raphson method based on a finite volume technique is applied. This study emphasizes the influence of initial saturation level and gravitational effect in heat and multiphase flow phenomena associated with this system. Gravity enhances the downward flow of liquid within the porous slab. Pressure buildup occurs near the interface between the wet and the dry zone. However, it appears that the order of magnitude to the total pressure is small. This study explains the fundamental mechanism of multiphase flow that involves heat and mass transfer in a heated unsaturated porous slab.     

Combined Convective and Microwave Drying of Agglomerated Sand: Internal Transfer Modeling with the Gas Pressure Effect

In order to improve the industrial drying (hot air and microwave) of inserts made of agglomerated sand, a comprehensive internal heat and water transfer model has been proposed. In this model, the internal gas phase pressure effect was made perfectly explicit, especially the phenomena of liquid and vapour transfer by filtration and of liquid expulsion at the surface. This model was validated on the basis of the experimental mean water content and core temperature curves for drying trials at different microwave powers. Then, it was used for comparing the drying time and the internal pressure level calculated for four particular processes: a standard process with high temperature air applied all over the time, a strong process with high power microwaves applied all over, and two processes which alternate the two heating modes. It was demonstrated that the combined and alternative processes provide a real possibility for faster drying with less internal pressure and thus with less cracking risk. The microwaves should be applied only in the first hour of the process and with decreasing power. The decrease of the drying time was around 30% with regard to the hot air standard process.     

Free Heat and Mass Transfer in a Porous Enclosure with Side Vents

Free heat and mass transfer during drying in a porous enclosure with free vents has been investigated numerically. Enclosed moist air interacts with the surrounding air through freely vented ports situated on both sides perpendicular to the heated wall. Air, heat, and moisture transport structures are visualized respectively by streamlines, heat lines, and mass lines. Effects of thermal Rayleigh number, Darcy number, vent location, and enclosure inclination on the convective heat/moisture transfer rate and volume flow rate across this enclosure are discussed. For each case, partially enclosed fluid flow undergoes different phases, increasing with buoyancy ratio; that is, heat transfer–driven flow, heat- and moisture-aided flow, and moisture transfer–dominated flow. Numerical results demonstrate that the convective heat and moisture transport patterns and transport rates greatly depend on thermal Rayleigh number, properties of porous medium, and enclosure inclination. Practices for enhancing heat and moisture transfer have been suggested for drying processes.     

Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in Shrinkable Apple Slab During Drying

The goal of the study was to determine the influence of drying shrinkage on the kinetics of convection apple slab drying. The arbitrary Lagrange-Eulerian (ALE) method was used to enter a problem with moving boundaries. It was found that drying shrinkage had a major influence on the both simulated temperature and water content in the material. The lower the moisture content in particles during drying, the more pronounced the effect of shrinkage on simulation of heat and mass transfer. It was found that application of the arbitrary Lagrange-Eulerian method for shrinkage modeling leads to a relatively simple mathematical model of the drying kinetics of shrinkable materials.     

Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in Shrinkable Apple Slab During Drying

The goal of the study was to determine the influence of drying shrinkage on the kinetics of convection apple slab drying. The arbitrary Lagrange-Eulerian (ALE) method was used to enter a problem with moving boundaries. It was found that drying shrinkage had a major influence on the both simulated temperature and water content in the material. The lower the moisture content in particles during drying, the more pronounced the effect of shrinkage on simulation of heat and mass transfer. It was found that application of the arbitrary Lagrange-Eulerian method for shrinkage modeling leads to a relatively simple mathematical model of the drying kinetics of shrinkable materials.     

烧结型多孔管管内流动沸腾传热数值模拟

建立了烧结型表面多孔管多孔层的理论模型,应用Fluent软件对去离子水在烧结型表面多孔管和光滑管竖直管内的流动沸腾进行数值模拟,得到了不同流速下的气相体积分布云图和压力场云图,并利用场协同原理分析了管内的速度、温度场.结果表明,烧结型表面多孔管具有良好的强化沸腾传热性能.同时并未大幅度增加管内压力降.此外还分析了不同体...     

气泡在热液相介质中上升时的传热与传质

本文对气泡在热液相介质中上升时的传热与传质进行了分析,建立了数学模型,并进行了数值解,其结果可以说明气液相界面蒸发的特征。本文还通过实验对理论模型进行了验证。     

Analysis and Application OF Luikov's Heat, Mass, and Pressure Transfer Model to a Capillary Porous Media

Luikov's system of partial differential equations for heat, mass and pressure transfer war applied to describe the drying process in a capillary porous body. A two dimensional finite element model were formulated to solve the system of equations. The simulated results agreed     

Analysis and Application OF Luikov's Heat,Mass, and Pressure Transfer Model to a Capillary Porous Media

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Luikov's system of partial differential equations for heat, mass and pressure transfer war applied to describe the drying process in a capillary porous body. A two dimensional finite element model were formulated to solve the system of equations. The simulated results agreed     

Heat Transfer Between a Porous Layer and a Forced Flow: Influence of Layer Thickness

The heat transfer between a forced flow of a pure fluid phase and a porous medium is theoretically studied. A unified enthalpy model is used to investigate the transient temperature field in the pure fluid phase and in the porous medium. Possible transition from saturated to nonsaturated porous medium is considered. From the temperature field obtained, the time variation of the local temperature and convective heat transfer coefficient at the interface porous-pure fluid regions are studied. Numerical results provide also the parametric information concerning effects of the thickness of the porous layer on theses parameters at the transient and the steady regimes.     

Effect of Thermal Asymmetry on Laminar Forced Convection Heat Transfer in a Porous Annular Channel

The effect of thermal asymmetry on laminar forced convection heat transfer in an annular porous channel with a Darcy dissipation of fluid kinetic energy was investigated numerically. The cylindrical surfaces making the channel boundaries were kept at constant but different temperatures. The thermal asymmetry thus imposed on the system results in an asymmetric temperature field and different heat fluxes across the channel boundaries. Depending on the Darcy, Péclet and Reynolds numbers, the thermal asymmetry may lead to a reversal of the heat flux along the channel at least at one of the channel walls. The corresponding Nusselt number becomes zero and subsequently experiences a discontinuity, thereby jumping from infinite negative to infinite positive, or vice versa. This feature is observed in the region of thermal development. In the fully developed heat transfer region, the Nusselt numbers can be positive or negative for the same inlet conditions, depending on the heat source strength. In the case of a plug flow, the analytical expressions for the Nusselt numbers have been obtained.     

Numerical Simulation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Thermoplates

A thermoplate is a heat transfer device consisting of two metallic sheets that are spot‐welded according to an appropriate pattern over the whole surface area whereas the edges – except for connecting tubes – are continuously seam‐welded. By applying a hydro‐form technique, a channel having a complex geometry is established between the sheets. Such heat transfer devices are encountered in several areas of cooling and heating techniques and process technology, e.g. as condensers or evaporators. The objective of the described investigations was to numerically obtain the optimal geometry of the thermoplate with respect to heat transfer of the inside fluid that passes through the channel as a single phase. The numerical experiments show that the heat transfer potential of the thermoplate having a staggered arrangement of welding spots is markedly higher than that of a common flat channel, particularly at larger Reynolds numbers. The variations of the geometrical parameters show the potential for the heat transfer improvement in comparison to a corresponding parallel plate channel.     

A Thermo-Hydro-Mechanics Bidirectional Coupling Mathematical Model for Drying of Biological Porous Medium

Based on Fickian diffusion theory, Fourier's law of heat conduction and thermoelasticity mechanics, a thermo-hydro-mechanics bidirectional coupling mathematical model has been developed to simulate the hot air convective drying of biological porous media. The transient model, composed of a system of partial differential equations, was solved by finite difference methods. The numerical results were compared with available experimental data obtained during the drying of potatoes. The numerical results obtained using the mathematical model were in good agreement with the experimental data. Numerical simulations of the drying curve variations and the spatio-temporal distributions of moisture, temperature, and drying stresses and strains were evaluated.     

热管式降膜吸收器的传热传质

对热管式降膜吸收顺溶液吸收传热传质并通过热管移出吸收热的过程进行了数值研究，根据所建立的数学模型，通过求解热管加热段外壁面溶液波动降膜的动态二维偏微分方程和热管传热方程，研究了膜雷诺数，低位余热温度，输出温度等因素对传热管质过程的影响，对进一步工作提出了新的见解。     

The Role of Nonuniformity in Convective Heat and Mass Transfer through Porous Media,Part 1

Through-air drying is commonly used in the drying of high-quality tissue and towel products. A representative elementary volume method was used to model the fluid flow and heat and mass transfer during through drying in heterogeneous porous biobased materials such as tissue and towel products. Results of flow both upstream and downstream of a modeled porous sheet allowed visualization of the effects of mixing at the top and bottom of the porous medium. The effect of initial nonuniformity on fluid flow and convective heat and mass transfer in heterogeneous porous media was studied. The effect of material nonhomogeneity and associated transport properties on moisture content of the porous material as a function of drying time was studied. Modeling results indicate that for the first time it is possible to simulate the effect of nonuniformity on fluid flow and convective heat and mass transfer in porous media during through-air drying of paper. Moisture and structural nonuniformity contributing to nonuniformity in air flow might contribute significantly to drying nonuniformity. Depending on the moisture regimes and degree of saturation of the convective medium, heat and mass transfer coefficients may have varying effects on the overall drying.     

The Role of Nonuniformity in Convective Heat and Mass Transfer through Porous Media,Part 2

Nonuniformities in porous materials can play a significant role in the convective and diffusive transport of fluid, heat, and mass. This study provides experimental results and corresponding numerical simulation results. The experiments report continuous data in transient test runs with measurements of temperature and velocity at distributed locations in the domain immediately downstream of the porous materials. An increasing degree of nonuniformity was found to produce a lower drying rate as well as an earlier onset of falling rate drying. The numerical model provides results of the effects of different nonhomogeneities such as distributed holes or distributed regions of varying permeability and moisture content. Comparisons between numerical and experimental test results indicate general agreement with differences with regard to details of the drying curve features. This provides a tool for studying the role of nonuniformity in fluid flow and heat and mass transfer in porous media.     

Analysis of Heat and Mass Transfer in Freeze Drying

The main objective of this work is to build a mathematical model that describes heat and mass transfer in freeze-drying when both plate heating and radiation heating are applied and also to provide further understanding of the mechanism of the drying process. The model, unlike other models, may be used for situations in which sublimation occurs within a temperature range, i.e., the non-existence of a sharp interface and also for cases in which more than one interface may form. The developed model has been tested against experimental measurements of freeze-drying of milk under different operating conditions. Measurements were done using Virtis BT3.3ES freeze dryer with vertical manifolds. The milk was contained in a glassware, specially designed for this project. Four thermocouples were fixed at different positions to track the drying progress. The experimental measurements show no significant shrinkage in the frozen milk when dried, leaving the milk highly porous in structure. In this experimental work, the low thermal conductivity of the dried layer was found to control the process without any significant mass transfer resistance. This includes plate heating where drying was found to progress from the heating surface similar to radiation heating. This is unlike what has been reported in some of literature that drying starts always from the top surface. The model, which was based on heat transfer control, showed a reasonable agreement with the experimental measurements of both plate heating and radiation heating.     

Heat and Mass Transfer in Fry Drying of Wood

This article describes the coupled heat and mass (water, oil) transport phenomena in parallelepiped samples of beech (Fagus sylvatica) fried in peanut oil between 120 and 180°C. The aim was to evaluate the suitability of simultaneous fry drying and oil impregnation as an alternative wood treatment process. Water loss and oil impregnation were continuously assessed during the process. Temperature and pressure were measured at the center of the sample. The water in the peripheral layers of the wood vaporizes at atmospheric pressure. The water at the center of the wood vaporizes at overpressures of the order of 2.8 × 10⁵ Pa. High fluxes of water were recorded of about 0.006 kg/(m²s). The impregnated oil can amount to 20% of the mass of the removed water.