In this paper, we describe a lattice Boltzmann model to simulate chemical reactions taking place at the interface between two immiscible fluids. The phase-field approach is used to identify the interface and its orientation, the concentration of reactant at the interface is then calculated iteratively to impose the correct reactive flux condition. The main advantages of the model is that interfaces are considered part of the bulk dynamics with the corrective reactive flux introduced as a source/sink term in the collision step, and, as a consequence, the model’s implementation and performance is independent of the interface geometry and orientation. Results obtained with the proposed model are compared to analytical solution for three different benchmark tests (stationary flat boundary, moving flat boundary and dissolving droplet). We find an excellent agreement between analytical and numerical solutions in all cases. Finally, we present a simulation coupling the Shan Chen multiphase model and the interface reactive model to simulate the dissolution of a collection of immiscible droplets with different sizes rising by buoyancy in a stagnant fluid.

A new lattice Boltzmann model for interface reactions between immiscible fluids / DI PALMA, PAOLO ROBERTO; Huber, Christian; Viotti, Paolo. - In: ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES. - ISSN 0309-1708. - ELETTRONICO. - 82:(2015), pp. 139-149. [10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.05.001]

A new lattice Boltzmann model for interface reactions between immiscible fluids

DI PALMA, PAOLO ROBERTO;VIOTTI, Paolo
2015

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a lattice Boltzmann model to simulate chemical reactions taking place at the interface between two immiscible fluids. The phase-field approach is used to identify the interface and its orientation, the concentration of reactant at the interface is then calculated iteratively to impose the correct reactive flux condition. The main advantages of the model is that interfaces are considered part of the bulk dynamics with the corrective reactive flux introduced as a source/sink term in the collision step, and, as a consequence, the model’s implementation and performance is independent of the interface geometry and orientation. Results obtained with the proposed model are compared to analytical solution for three different benchmark tests (stationary flat boundary, moving flat boundary and dissolving droplet). We find an excellent agreement between analytical and numerical solutions in all cases. Finally, we present a simulation coupling the Shan Chen multiphase model and the interface reactive model to simulate the dissolution of a collection of immiscible droplets with different sizes rising by buoyancy in a stagnant fluid.
2015
groundwater remediation; interface reactions; lattice Boltzmann method; eeactive multiphase flow; water science and technology
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A new lattice Boltzmann model for interface reactions between immiscible fluids / DI PALMA, PAOLO ROBERTO; Huber, Christian; Viotti, Paolo. - In: ADVANCES IN WATER RESOURCES. - ISSN 0309-1708. - ELETTRONICO. - 82:(2015), pp. 139-149. [10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.05.001]
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