Gas bubbles and liquid metal flow influenced by uniform external magnetic field

Issue title: Selected papers from the Heating by Electromagnetic Sources Conference 2016 (HES-2016)

Guest editors: Paolo Di Barba, Fabrizio Dughiero, Michele Forzan and Elisabetta Sieni

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Pavlovs, Sergejs^{a; *} | Jakovics, Andris^a | Baake, Egbert^b | Sushkovs, Vadims^a

Affiliations: [a] Laboratory for Mathematical Modelling of Environmental and Technological Processes, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia | [b] Institute of Electrotechnology, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Sergejs Pavlovs, Laboratory for Mathematical Modelling of Environmental and Technological Processes, University of Latvia, 23 Zellu str., LV-1002, Riga, Latvia. Tel.: +371 67033780; Fax: +371 67033781; E-mail:sergejs.pavlovs@lu.lv

Abstract: The paper presents transient distributions of physical fields, computed with LES (Large Eddy Simulation), for turbulent bubbles flow through electrically conductive liquid in rectangle bubble reactor (RBR) or cylindrical bubble reactor (CBR), which are placed in external uniform horizontal or vertical magnetic field. Experimentally verified (without magnetic field) Euler-Euler approach, realized with ANSYS Fluent Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) module, is used for multiphase flow, when continuous phase is electrically conductive liquid (water-like liquid or Wood-metal) and dispersed phase is gas (air or nitrogen) bubbles.

Keywords: Numerical simulation, bubble reactor, multiphase MHD-flow, Euler-Euler approach, LES, uniform magnetic field

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-162236

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 53, no. S1, pp. S31-S41, 2017