AN LBM-BASED INVESTIGATION METHOD FOR THERMAL IMMISCIBLE MIXTURE FLUID FLOW IN RECTANGULAR MULTI-JET CAVITY

Abstract

An investigation method for thermal immiscible mixture fluid flow in rectangular multi-jet cavity using lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is presented to study influence of controllable factors on quality of mixture generated from the cavity. For immiscible mixture flow, contact area of fluids has great effect on generated mixture. The basic idea is to investigate the relationship between controllable factors and contact area of key components. The contact area is obtained through numerical simulation by an improved LBM, in which temperature equation is extended to multicomponent system. A case study of thermal mixture flow in three-jet cavity using the present method is shown.