Numerical Investigation of Transport Processes in Porous Media under Laminar, Transitional and Turbulent Flow Conditions with the Lattice-Boltzmann Method

Tobit Flatscher; René Josef Prieler; Christoph Hochenauer

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-77980-1_19

Numerical Investigation of Transport Processes in Porous Media under Laminar, Transitional and Turbulent Flow Conditions with the Lattice-Boltzmann Method

Tobit Flatscher, René Josef Prieler^*, Christoph Hochenauer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Thermal Engineering (3070)

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Abstract

In the present paper the mass transfer in porous media under laminar, transitional and turbulent flow conditions was investigated using the lattice-Boltzmann method (LBM). While previous studies have applied the LBM to species transport in complex geometries under laminar conditions, the main objective of this study was to demonstrate its applicability to turbulent internal flows including the transport of a scalar quantity. Thus, besides the resolved scalar transport, an additional turbulent diffusion coefficient was introduced to account for the subgrid-scale turbulent transport. A packed-bed of spheres and an adsorber geometry based on μCT scans were considered. While a two-relaxation time (TRT) model was applied to the laminar and transitional cases, the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) collision operator in conjunction with the Smagorinsky turbulence model was used for the turbulent flow regime. To validate the LBM results, simulations under the same conditions were carried out with ANSYS Fluent v19.2. It was found that the pressure drop over the height of the packed-bed were in close accordance to empirical correlations. Furthermore, the comparison of the calculated species concentrations for all flow regimes showed good agreement between the LBM and the results obtained with Ansys Fluent. Subsequently, the proposed extension of the Smagorinsky turbulence model seems to be able to predict the scalar transport under turbulent conditions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Computational Science – ICCS 2021 - 21st International Conference, Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	21st International Conference, Krakow, Poland, June 16–18, 2021, Proceedings
Editors	Maciej Paszynski, Dieter Kranzlmüller, Valeria V. Krzhizhanovskaya, Jack J. Dongarra, Peter M. Sloot
Publisher	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Pages	244-257
Number of pages	14
Volume	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-030-77980-1
ISBN (Print)	978-3-030-77979-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77980-1_19
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	21st International Conference on Computational Science: ICCS 2021 - Virtuell, Poland Duration: 16 Jun 2021 → 18 Jun 2021 https://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2021/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12747 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	21st International Conference on Computational Science
Abbreviated title	ICCS 2021
Country/Territory	Poland
City	Virtuell
Period	16/06/21 → 18/06/21
Internet address	https://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2021/

Keywords

Laminar flow
Lattice-Boltzmann method
Porous media
Turbulent flow
Turbulent relaxation time
Turbulent scalar transport

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Flatscher, T., Prieler, R. J., & Hochenauer, C. (2021). Numerical Investigation of Transport Processes in Porous Media under Laminar, Transitional and Turbulent Flow Conditions with the Lattice-Boltzmann Method. In M. Paszynski, D. Kranzlmüller, V. V. Krzhizhanovskaya, J. J. Dongarra, & P. M. Sloot (Eds.), Computational Science – ICCS 2021 - 21st International Conference, Proceedings: 21st International Conference, Krakow, Poland, June 16–18, 2021, Proceedings (Vol. 6, pp. 244-257). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12747 LNCS). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77980-1_19

Numerical Investigation of Transport Processes in Porous Media under Laminar, Transitional and Turbulent Flow Conditions with the Lattice-Boltzmann Method. / Flatscher, Tobit; Prieler, René Josef ; Hochenauer, Christoph.
Computational Science – ICCS 2021 - 21st International Conference, Proceedings: 21st International Conference, Krakow, Poland, June 16–18, 2021, Proceedings. ed. / Maciej Paszynski; Dieter Kranzlmüller; Valeria V. Krzhizhanovskaya; Jack J. Dongarra; Peter M. Sloot. Vol. 6 Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021. p. 244-257 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12747 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review

Flatscher, T, Prieler, RJ & Hochenauer, C 2021, Numerical Investigation of Transport Processes in Porous Media under Laminar, Transitional and Turbulent Flow Conditions with the Lattice-Boltzmann Method. in M Paszynski, D Kranzlmüller, VV Krzhizhanovskaya, JJ Dongarra & PM Sloot (eds), Computational Science – ICCS 2021 - 21st International Conference, Proceedings: 21st International Conference, Krakow, Poland, June 16–18, 2021, Proceedings. vol. 6, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12747 LNCS, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, pp. 244-257, 21st International Conference on Computational Science, Virtuell, Poland, 16/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77980-1_19

Flatscher T, Prieler RJ , Hochenauer C. Numerical Investigation of Transport Processes in Porous Media under Laminar, Transitional and Turbulent Flow Conditions with the Lattice-Boltzmann Method. In Paszynski M, Kranzlmüller D, Krzhizhanovskaya VV, Dongarra JJ, Sloot PM, editors, Computational Science – ICCS 2021 - 21st International Conference, Proceedings: 21st International Conference, Krakow, Poland, June 16–18, 2021, Proceedings. Vol. 6. Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 2021. p. 244-257. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-77980-1_19

Flatscher, Tobit ; Prieler, René Josef ; Hochenauer, Christoph. / Numerical Investigation of Transport Processes in Porous Media under Laminar, Transitional and Turbulent Flow Conditions with the Lattice-Boltzmann Method. Computational Science – ICCS 2021 - 21st International Conference, Proceedings: 21st International Conference, Krakow, Poland, June 16–18, 2021, Proceedings. editor / Maciej Paszynski ; Dieter Kranzlmüller ; Valeria V. Krzhizhanovskaya ; Jack J. Dongarra ; Peter M. Sloot. Vol. 6 Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021. pp. 244-257 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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