Asymptotic solution of thermal-solutal capillary convection in a slowly rotating shallow annular pool of two components solution

Abstract

In order to understand the characteristics of the coupled thermal and solutal capillary convection with the radial temperature gradient in a slowly rotating shallow annular pool with the free surface, the asymptotic solution is obtained in the core region using asymptotical analysis in the limit as the aspect ratio, which is defined as the ratio of the layer thickness to the gap width, goes to zero. The influences of the rotating, Soret effect, solute diffusion coefficient, buoyant force and geometric parameters on fluid flow are analyzed. The results show that when the rotating and the solutal capillary force and the buoyancy induced by the ununiform distribution of solute concentration are not considered, the asymptotic solution is the same as that of the previous work. The influences of the rotating, the buoyancy, solute diffusion coefficient and the geometric parameters on the fluid flow are all small and the coupled thermal and solutal capillary forces play a dominant role in the convection. When the coupled forces are in the same direction, the flow is reinforced, otherwise, the flow is suppressed.