Browsing by Author "Nagrani, P.P."

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A two-fluid model for numerical simulation of shear-dominated suspension flows
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019) Municchi, F.; Nagrani, P.P.; Christov, I.C.
Suspension flows are ubiquitous in nature (hemodynamics, subsurface fluid mechanics, etc.) and industrial applications (hydraulic fracturing, CO2 storage, etc.). However, such flows are notoriously difficult to model due to the variety of fluid-particle and particle-particle interactions that can occur. In this work, we focus on non-Brownian shear-dominated suspensions, where kinetic collisions are negligible and frictional effects play a dominant role. Under these circumstances, irreversible phenomena such as particle diffusion and migration arise, requiring anisotropic stress models to describe the suspension rheology. On a continuum level, reduced-order models such as the suspension balance model (SBM) or the diffusive flux model are commonly used to predict particle migration phenomena. We propose a new method based on a two-fluid model (TFM), where both the phases are considered as interpenetrating continua with their own conservation of mass and momentum equations. Without employing the nowadays customary simplifications in applying the SBM, we close the “full” TFM instead. Specifically, we show that when an anisotropic stress analogous to that used in the SBM is added to the equilibrium equations for the particle phase, the TFM is able to accurately predict particle migration. Thus, the TFM does not require the assumptions of a steady suspension velocity and a Stokesian (inertialess) fluid, and the TFM can be easily extended to include buoyancy and even kinetic collisional models. We present several benchmark simulations of our TFM implementation in OpenFOAM®, including in curvilinear coordinates and three-dimensional flow. Good agreement between the TFM solutions and previous experimental and numerical results is found. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
Effect of CO2 based natural circulation loop for low temperature applications: CFD analysis
(Toronto Metropolitan University, 2019) Wahidi, T.; Nagrani, P.P.; Yadav, A.K.
Natural circulation loop (NCL) is a simple and economical heat transfer device in which flow occurs due to the buoyancy effect caused by thermally generated density gradient. In the present study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analyses are carried out to emphasize on the fluid ow and heat transfer characteristics of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) based NCL at low temperature (-38Â°C to 12Â°C). Studies are conducted in a three-dimensional (3-D) CFD model of NCL at different heat inputs i.e., 100W, 250W, 350W and 500W by keeping the loop fluid at pressure of 50 bar. Methanol is used as coolant in the heat exchanger at a fixed mass flow rate. Effect of loop operating pressure 50 bar on system performance is also investigated. Result are presented in the form of heat transfer rate, pressure drop, Reynolds number (Re) and temperature. Obtained results are validated with available correlations in the form of non-dimensional numbers, and found in good agreement. Â© 2019, Toronto Metropolitan University. All rights reserved.
A two-fluid model for numerical simulation of shear-dominated suspension flows
(2019) Municchi, F.; Nagrani, P.P.; Christov, I.C.
Suspension flows are ubiquitous in nature (hemodynamics, subsurface fluid mechanics, etc.) and industrial applications (hydraulic fracturing, CO2 storage, etc.). However, such flows are notoriously difficult to model due to the variety of fluid-particle and particle-particle interactions that can occur. In this work, we focus on non-Brownian shear-dominated suspensions, where kinetic collisions are negligible and frictional effects play a dominant role. Under these circumstances, irreversible phenomena such as particle diffusion and migration arise, requiring anisotropic stress models to describe the suspension rheology. On a continuum level, reduced-order models such as the suspension balance model (SBM) or the diffusive flux model are commonly used to predict particle migration phenomena. We propose a new method based on a two-fluid model (TFM), where both the phases are considered as interpenetrating continua with their own conservation of mass and momentum equations. Without employing the nowadays customary simplifications in applying the SBM, we close the full TFM instead. Specifically, we show that when an anisotropic stress analogous to that used in the SBM is added to the equilibrium equations for the particle phase, the TFM is able to accurately predict particle migration. Thus, the TFM does not require the assumptions of a steady suspension velocity and a Stokesian (inertialess) fluid, and the TFM can be easily extended to include buoyancy and even kinetic collisional models. We present several benchmark simulations of our TFM implementation in OpenFOAM , including in curvilinear coordinates and three-dimensional flow. Good agreement between the TFM solutions and previous experimental and numerical results is found. 2019 Elsevier Ltd