Implementation and validation of an extended Schnerr-Sauer cavitation model for non-isothermal flows in OpenFOAM

Abstract

In the present work cavitation in liquid hydrogen and nitrogen was investigated by using the open source toolbox OpenFOAM. Simulations were performed by means of a mass transfer model, based on the homogeneous mixture approach in combination with the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method for the reconstruction the liquid-vapor interface. Two additional transport equations were considered, i.e. the liquid volume fraction advection and the temperature equation. The implementation of an extended Schnerr- Sauer model allowed for the introduction of the thermal effects in terms of latent heat release/absorption and convective heat transfer inside the liquid-vapor interface. A set of Antoine-like equations relate the saturation conditions to the local conditions.


Tutti gli autori

  • De Giorgi M.G. , Ficarella A. , Fontanarosa D.

Titolo volume/Rivista

ENERGY PROCEDIA


Anno di pubblicazione

2017

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1876-6102

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28/04/2018


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