Onset of convection in a two–phase binary mixture with the Soret effect in weightlessness

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 072103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilya I. Ryzhkov ◽  
Sergey P. Tsarev
Keyword(s):  
Binary Mixture ◽  
Soret Effect ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Onset Of Convection

scholarly journals Unsteady Finite Amplitude Convection of Water–Copper Nanoliquid in High-Porosity Enclosures

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. G. Siddheshwar ◽  
K. M. Lakshmi
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Heat Transport ◽  
Heat Storage ◽  
Finite Amplitude ◽  
High Porosity ◽  
Two Phase ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Maximum Heat ◽  
Rayleigh Benard Convection ◽  
Rayleigh Benard

Unicellular Rayleigh–Bénard convection of water–copper nanoliquid confined in a high-porosity enclosure is studied analytically. The modified-Buongiorno–Brinkman two-phase model is used for nanoliquid description to include the effects of Brownian motion, thermophoresis, porous medium friction, and thermophysical properties. Free–free and rigid–rigid boundaries are considered for investigation of onset of convection and heat transport. Boundary effects on onset of convection are shown to be classical in nature. Stability boundaries in the R1*–R2 plane are drawn to specify the regions in which various instabilities appear. Specifically, subcritical instabilities' region of appearance is highlighted. Square, shallow, and tall porous enclosures are considered for study, and it is found that the maximum heat transport occurs in the case of a tall enclosure and minimum in the case of a shallow enclosure. The analysis also reveals that the addition of a dilute concentration of nanoparticles in a liquid-saturated porous enclosure advances onset and thereby enhances the heat transport irrespective of the type of boundaries. The presence of porous medium serves the purpose of heat storage in the system because of its low thermal conductivity.

Numerical Analysis of Ludwig-Soret Effect of One Binary Mixture and Two Ternary Mixtures in an Al2O3 Porous Cavity

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. J. Jaber ◽  
M. Z. Saghir
Keyword(s):  
Porous Medium ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Numerical Analysis ◽  
Binary Mixture ◽  
Ternary Mixture ◽  
Soret Effect ◽  
Ternary Mixtures ◽  
Thermosolutal Convection ◽  
Left Wall ◽  
Porous Cavity

A cavity of 10 mm in width, 10 mm in height, and 32.1 mm in horizontal length filled with Al2O3 porous medium designed in Pau project to investigate thermal diffusion phenomena, or Ludwig-Soret effect. A lateral heating condition was applied with 10 °C at the left wall and 50 °C at the right wall. The thermosolutal convection of a binary mixture of water-ethanol at 75.0 MPa pressure, a ternary mixture with methane, n-butane, and n-dodecan at 35.0 MPa pressure, and a ternary mixture of n-dodecane, isobutylbenzene, and tetrahydonaphthalene at atmosphere pressure inside the Al2O3 porous medium cavity were numerically investigated. The thermal conductivity and the permeability of Al2O3 porous medium on the Ludwig-Soret effect were analyzed, the former had little influence, but the later had strong impact on the compositional separation at the steady state of thermosolutal convection, which were analyzed globally with separation ratio. The distributions of component mole fraction(s) on the horizontal and vertical lines in the center of the porous cavity were also shown to study the details of the compositional separation at the steady state of thermosolutal convection. Recommendations are made for the experimental design based on the results of numerical analysis

The Soret Effect: A Review of Recent Experimental Results

2005 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean K. Platten
Keyword(s):  
Rayleigh Scattering ◽  
Soret Effect ◽  
Organic Liquid ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Liquid Mixtures ◽  
Beam Deflection ◽  
Soret Coefficient ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Scattering Technique

In the first part of the paper, we recall what the Soret effect is, together with its applications in science and industry. We emphasize the need to have a reliable data base for the Soret coefficient. Next we review the different techniques to measure the Soret coefficient (elementary Soret cell, beam deflection technique, thermal diffusion forced Rayleigh scattering technique, convective coupling and, in particular, the onset of convection in horizontal layers and the thermogravitational method). Results are provided for several systems, with both negative and positive Soret coefficients, and comparison between several laboratories are made for the same systems. We end with “benchmark” values of the Soret coefficient for some organic liquid mixtures of interest in the oil industry and to which all future new techniques should refer before gaining confidence. We conclude that correct values of the Soret coefficient can be obtained in earth conditions and we deny the need to go to microgravity.

Onset of convection in a binary mixture near the plait point

2000 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 5191-5194
Author(s):  
Kausik S. Das ◽  
J. K. Bhattacharjee
Keyword(s):  
Binary Mixture ◽  
Onset Of Convection ◽  
Plait Point

Dynamics of a binary mixture subjected to a temperature gradient and oscillatory forcing

2015 ◽  
Vol 767 ◽  
pp. 290-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Shevtsova ◽  
Y. A. Gaponenko ◽  
V. Sechenyh ◽  
D. E. Melnikov ◽  
T. Lyubimova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperature Gradient ◽  
Binary Mixture ◽  
Stokes Equations ◽  
Soret Effect ◽  
Space Station ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Microgravity Environment ◽  
Coupling Mechanism ◽  
Constant Frequency ◽  
Natural Time

AbstractWe examine the dynamics of a binary mixture in a cubic cell subjected to a temperature differential and oscillatory forcing. The Soret effect, which is negative in the present study, provides a coupling mechanism by which a temperature gradient establishes a concentration gradient in a mixture. We present the results of experiments that were performed on the International Space Station (ISS) and compare the observations with the results of direct numerical simulations. The evolution of temperature and concentration fields is investigated by optical digital interferometry. One advantage of the experimental technique is the observation of the fields along two perpendicular directions of the cell, allowing us to restore the three-dimensional field. Experimental evidence disproves speculations that the ISS microgravity environment always affects diffusion-controlled processes. Furthermore, we demonstrate that imposed vibrations with constant frequency and amplitude create slow mean flows and that they do influence the diffusion kinetics. The perturbation of the diffusive fields scales as the square of the vibrational velocity. In addition to calculations of the full three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations, a two-time-scale computational methodology is used for situations in which the forcing period is very small compared to the natural time scales of the problem. The simulations show excellent agreement with experimental observations.

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