Direct numerical simulation of heat transfer from liquid droplet in a continuous immiscible liquid phase

Azeddine Rachih (1, 2) , S. Charton (1) , Dominique Legendre (2) , Éric Climent (2)

1 CEA-DES (ex-DEN) - CEA-Direction des Energies (ex-Direction de l'Energie Nucléaire)
2 IMFT - Institut de mécanique des fluides de Toulouse

Numerical simulations are used to investigate the transient, forced convection heat transfer from a spherical droplet, at low to moderate Reynolds numbers. The Navier-Stokes and heat balance equations are solved numerically in orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system, inside and outside the droplet, by a finite volume method. The results were validated against reference cases from literature. A parametric study was performed to highlight the key parameters that correlates the Nusselt number.

Domains: Physics [physics]; Nuclear Experiment [nucl-ex]; Physics [physics]; Nuclear Theory [nucl-th]

Azeddine Rachih, S. Charton, Dominique Legendre, Éric Climent. Direct numerical simulation of heat transfer from liquid droplet in a continuous immiscible liquid phase. Congres de la Societe francaise de Thermique (SFT - 2018), May 2018, Pau, France. ⟨cea-02339271⟩