Simulation and preliminary validation of a three-phase flow model with energy

Hamza Boukili (1, 2) , Jean-Marc Hérard (1, 2)

1 EDF - EDF
2 I2M - Institut de Mathématiques de Marseille

This paper is devoted to the simulation of the three-phase flow model [20], in order to account for immiscible components. The whole model is first recalled, and the main properties of the closed set are given, with particular focus on the Riemann problem associated with the convective subset that contains non-conservative terms, and also on the relaxation process. The model is hyperbolic, far from resonance occurrence, and a physically relevant entropy inequality holds for smooth solutions of the whole system. Owing to the uniqueness of jump conditions, specific solutions of the one-dimensional Riemann problem can be built, and these are useful (and mandatory) for the verification procedure. The fractional step method proposed herein complies with the continuous entropy inequality, and implicit schemes that are considered to account for relaxation terms take their roots on the true relaxation process. Once verification tests have been achieved, focus is given on the simulation of the experimental setup [8, 9], in order to simulate a cloud of droplets that is hit by an incoming gas shock-wave. Finally, the study of a three-phase flow setup involving thermal effects is presented, it is based on the KROTOS experiment [25] which focuses on vapour explosion simulation.

Mots clés: Three-phase flows; vapour explosion; hyperbolic systems; finite volumes; relaxation time scales

Domaines: Equations aux dérivées partielles [math.AP]; Mécanique des fluides [physics.class-ph]

Hamza Boukili, Jean-Marc Hérard. Simulation and preliminary validation of a three-phase flow model with energy. Computers and Fluids, 2021, 221, ⟨10.1016/j.compfluid.2021.104868⟩. ⟨hal-02426425⟩