Computational cell

For a theoretical analysis of SFA experiments it is prudent to start from a somewhat oversimplified model in which a fluid is confined by two parallel substrates in the z direction (see Fig. 1). To eliminate edge effects, the substrates are assumed to extend to infinity in the x and y directions. The system in the thermodynamic sense is taken to be a lamella of the fluid bounded by the substrate surfaces and by segments of the (imaginary) planes x = 0, jc = y = 0, and y = Sy. Since the lamella is only a virtual construct it is convenient to associate with it the computational cell in later practical... 

Temperature field obtained by numerical simulations [23] behind the front of a fully developed (0.3 ms after the detonation initiation) detonation in hydrogen/air at 1 atm. Minimum computational cell size is 5 pm. (Courtesy of V. Gamezo.)... 

VOF or level-set models are used for stratified flows where the phases are separated and one objective is to calculate the location of the interface. In these models, the momentum equations are solved for the separated phases and only at the interface are additional models used. Additional variables, such as the volume fraction of each phase, are used to identify the phases. The simplest model uses a weight average of the viscosity and density in the computational cells that are shared between the phases. Very fine resolution is, however, required for systems when surface tension is important, since an accurate estimation of the curvature of the interface is required to calculate the normal force arising from the surface tension. Usually, VOF models simulate the surface position accurately, but the space resolution is not sufficient to simulate mass transfer in liquids. 

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Attached to each particle is information on the computational cell in which it is located. During a time step a particle might enter a neighboring cell. It is then necessary to update the cell index of the particle. 

In the IBM, the presence of the solid boundary (fixed or moving) in the fluid can be represented by a virtual body force field -rp( ) applied on the computational grid at the vicinity of solid-flow interface. Considering the stability and efficiency in a 3-D simulation, the direct forcing scheme is adopted in this model. Details of this scheme are introduced in Section II.B. In this study, a new velocity interpolation method is developed based on the particle level-set function (p), which is shown in Fig. 20. At each time step of the simulation, the fluid-particle boundary condition (no-slip or free-slip) is imposed on the computational cells located in a small band across the particle surface. The thickness of this band can be chosen to be equal to 3A, where A is the mesh size (assuming a uniform mesh is used). If a grid point (like p and q in Fig. 20), where the velocity components of the control volume are defined, falls into this band, that is... 

Here V represents the local volume of a computational cell and Va the volume of particle a. The 5-function ensures that the drag force acts as a point force at the (central) position of this particle. In Eq. (42), [ > is the momentum transfer coefficient, which will be discussed in more detail in Section III.D. The gas phase density p is calculated from the ideal gas law ... 

Fig. 24. Positions at which the key variables are evaluated for a typical computational cell in the staggered-grid configuration.

An alternative approach (e.g., Patterson, 1985 Ranade, 2002) is the Eulerian type of simulation that makes use of a CDR equation—see Eq. (13)—for each of the chemical species involved. While resolution of the turbulent flow down to the Kolmogorov length scale already is far beyond computational capabilities, one certainly has to revert to modeling the species transport in liquid systems in which the Batchelor length scale is smaller than the Kolmogorov length scale by at least one order of magnitude see Eq. (14). Hence, both in RANS simulations and in LES, species concentrations and temperature still fluctuate within a computational cell. Consequently, the description of chemical reactions and the transport of heat and species in a chemical reactor ask for subtle approaches as to the SGS fluctuations. 

To determine when a solution is converged usually involves examining the residual values. The residual value is a measure of the imbalance in the discretized equation, summed over all the computational cells in the domain. Residuals can be obtained for continuity, velocity components, and turbulence variables. Again, it is common practice to set a cut-off value for the normalized residual values. When the set value is reached, the iteration process is stopped. Our experience with packed-tube simulations, especially if low... 

Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) are being considered as a potential alternative energy conversion device for mobile power applications. Since the electrolyte of a PEM fuel cell can function at low temperatures (typically at 80 °C), PEMFCs are unique from the other commercially viable types of fuel cells. Moreover, the electrolyte membrane and other cell components can be manufactured very thin, allowing for high power production to be achieved within a small volume of space. Thus, the combination of small size and fast start-up makes PEMFCs an excellent candidate for use in mobile power applications, such as laptop computers, cell phones, and automobiles. 

Two numerical methods have been used for the solution of the spray equation. In the first method, i.e., the full spray equation method 543 544 the full distribution function / is found approximately by subdividing the domain of coordinates accessible to the droplets, including their physical positions, velocities, sizes, and temperatures, into computational cells and keeping a value of / in each cell. The computational cells are fixed in time as in an Eulerian fluid dynamics calculation, and derivatives off are approximated by taking finite differences of the cell values. This approach suffersfrom two principal drawbacks (a) large numerical diffusion and dispersion... 

In the second method, i.e., th particle method 546H5471 a spray is discretized into computational particles that follow droplet characteristic paths. Each particle represents a number of droplets of identical size, velocity, and temperature. Trajectories of individual droplets are calculated assuming that the droplets have no influence on surrounding gas. A later method, 5481 that is restricted to steady-state sprays, includes complete coupling between droplets and gas. This method also discretizes the assumed droplet probability distribution function at the upstream boundary, which is determined by the atomization process, by subdividing the domain of coordinates into computational cells. Then, one parcel is injected for each cell. 

Most current multidimensional spray simulations have adopted the thin or very thin spray assumptions,[55°1 i.e., the volume occupied by the dispersed phase is assumed to be small. This can be justified if a simulation starts some distance downstream of the nozzle exit, where the gas volume fraction is large enough, or if the computational cells are relatively large. Accordingly, two major classes of models have been used in spray modeling locally homogeneous flow (LHF) models and two-phase-flow or separated-flow (SF) models. 

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Large-scale calculations using 1 — 10 million computational cells are presently being carried out in several industrial and academic organizations using the parallel computing method and multiprocessor computers see section 3.6 for further detail. 

Let US return to the discussion of computational transport routines, where each computational cell is the equivalent of a complete mix reactor. If we are putting together a computational mass transport routine, we could simply specify the size of the cells to match the diffusion/dispersion in the system. The number of well-mixed cells in an estuary or river, for example, could be calculated from equation (6.44), assuming a small Courant number. Then, the equivalent longitudinal dispersion coefficient for the system would be calculated from equation (6.44), as well, for a small At (At was infinitely small in equation 6.44) ... 

A similar approach involves determining locally at each computational cell which species is in excess. The diffusion velocity for that species is computed to satisfy Eq. 12.181. 

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