Second International Symposium on

Computational Particle Technology

and
Thirteenth International Conference on
CFD in the Minerals and Process
Industries

4-8 December 2018, Melbourne, Australia

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A Numerical Approach for Generic Three Phases Flow Simulation

Son Tung Dang1, Stein Tore Johansen1,2 and John Christian Morud2

1
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 1, 7491 Trondheim,
Norway

2
SINTEF Materials and Chemistry, S. P. Andersens veg 15B, 7031 Trondheim, Norway

Email: son.tung.dang@ntnu.no
Figure 1. The Temporal Development of Air-Water Interface (time t in seconds)
Abstract

In this paper, we introduce numerical methods that can simulate complex multiphase flows. The
finite volume method, applying Cartesian cut-cells (Kirkpatrick et al., 2003; Yoann Cheny et
al., 2016) is used in the computational domain, containing gas, liquid and solid, to conserve
mass and momentum. With this method flows in and around any geometry can be simulated
without complex and time consuming meshing. The interaction between each phase is treated Figure 2. The Schematic Diagram of Water Entry Problem and Splash Formation
simply by wall function models or jump conditions of pressure, velocity and shear stress at the   90o   120 o
interface (Kang et al., 2000; Vukčević et al., 2017). The sharp interface method "Coupled Level 50

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Numerical Result
Experimental Data
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Experimental Data
Theoretical Method
Theoretical Result

Set and Volume of Fluid"(CLSVOF) is used to represent the interface between the two fluid 40 40

phases (Chakraborty et al., 2013; Sussman and Puckett, 2000). This approach will combine 35

Jet Angle (degrees)

Jet Angle(degrees)
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some advantages of both interface propagation methods, such as excellent mass conservation 25

from volume of fluid and good accuracy of normal computation from level-set function. In order 20

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to resolve interacting lines created by gas-liquid-solid, the first CLSVOF will be generated to 10 10

reconstruct the interface between solid and the other materials. The second one will represent
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the interface between liquid and gas. Several benchmark test cases are performed to validate Entry Velocity (m/s) Entry Velocity(m/s)

numerical results.
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The first test is a dam break flow which is designed to investigate the two-phase flow. The water
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column is initialized with 0.3m height and 0.6m width inside an 0.6x1.61 rectangular tank. Due

Jet Velocity(m/s)

Jet Velocity(m/s)
to gravity, water travels along the horizontal bed and generates a downstream wave. The 6 6

evolution of the free surface is shown in figure 1. 4 4

Numerical Result
Numerical Result Experimental Data

The next test is a water entry simulation which is used to demonstrates the capability of our 2
Experimental Data
Theoretical Method
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Theoretical Method

numerical method to handle three-phase flow. The shape of a wedge object and initial stage of 0
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simulation is presented in figure 2. For simplicity, the item is kept standstill and the free surface Entry Velocity(m/s) Entry Velocity(m/s)

is let moving with a velocity being equivalent to a water entry velocity. Figure 3 displays a
comparison of numerical result, experimental data and theoretical method for splash expansion Figure 3. Wedge jet root expansion angle and jet velocity
and splash tip velocity. As shown in this figure, our numerical method can predict fairly accurate Brief Biography
the characteristics of splash.
Son Tung Dang was born in Namdinh, Vietnam, in 1990. He received the B.E. degree in
mechanical engineering from the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi,
Vietnam, in 2013, and the M.Sc in mechanical engineering from the Pusan National
University in 2016. Since April 2016, he has been Phd candidate at Department of Energy
and Process Engineering, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. His current research interests are
multiphase flows and immersed boundary methods.

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