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基于单压双流体方程的气液两相流格子玻尔兹曼方法

LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD FOR GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE FLOW BASED ON THE SINGLE-PRESSURE TWO-FLUID EQUATIONS

  • 摘要: 双流体模型是描述气液两相流的基本宏观模型, 其中单压假设因避免了界面压力封闭困难而被广泛采用, 但其强非线性和两相紧耦合给数值求解带来挑战. 格子玻尔兹曼方法(LBM)作为一种介观动理学方法, 在处理复杂非线性流体问题中优势显著且应用广泛, 然而针对宏观双流体多相流的LBM理论模型仍较为缺乏. 为此, 本文构建了一种求解单压双流体方程的全新LBM介观框架. 该方法分别采用两套分布函数描述气相和液相的流动: 气相分布函数的零阶矩给出气体体积分数, 液相分布函数的零阶矩给出系统压力; 通过构造包含曳力、重力及压力梯度等作用的源项实现相间动量交换的耦合. 通过Chapman-Enskog多尺度分析, 从LBM方程严格恢复了宏观双流体方程, 并给出了两相运动粘度与松弛时间的关系. 数值算例包括管道内气液两相阶跃平移、陡梯度分布、重力沉降分离以及U型管流动. 结果表明: 该方法能够准确捕捉相界面演化和重力分离过程, 在体积分数强间断或陡梯度条件下保持清晰稳定的界面, 无明显非物理振荡, 能够有效处理相消失与相出现现象; 压力与体积分数分布与理论及文献结果吻合良好, 相间耦合稳定, 整个模拟过程表现出良好的数值稳定性.

     

    Abstract: The two-fluid model is a fundamental macroscopic model for describing gas-liquid two-phase flows. The single-pressure assumption is widely adopted because it avoids the difficulty of interface pressure closure. However, its strong non-linearity and tight two-phase coupling pose significant challenges for numerical solutions. As a mesoscopic kinetic method, the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) exhibits significant advantages and wide applications in handling complex non-linear fluid problems; however, theoretical LBM models specifically designed for macroscopic two-fluid multiphase flows remain relatively scarce. Therefore, this paper constructs a novel mesoscopic LBM framework for solving the single-pressure two-fluid equations. This method employs two sets of distribution functions to describe the flows of the gas phase and the liquid phase separately: the zero-th order moment of the gas distribution function yields the gas volume fraction, and the zero-th order moment of the liquid distribution function yields the system pressure. The momentum exchange between the phases is coupled by constructing source terms that incorporate the effects of drag force, gravity, and pressure gradients. Through the Chapman-Enskog multi-scale analysis, the macroscopic two-fluid equations are strictly recovered from the LBM equations, and the relationship between the kinematic viscosity of the two phases and the relaxation time is explicitly provided. Numerical test cases include the step translation of gas-liquid two-phase flow in a pipe, steep gradient distribution, gravity settling separation, and U-tube flow. The results indicate that this method can accurately capture the evolution of the phase interface and the gravity separation process. It maintains a clear and stable interface under conditions of strong volume fraction discontinuities or steep gradients, without obvious non-physical oscillations, and can effectively handle the phenomena of phase disappearance and appearance. The distributions of pressure and volume fraction agree well with theoretical and literature results. The inter-phase coupling remains stable, and the entire simulation process exhibits good numerical stability.

     

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