Prediction of Melting Process Driven by Conduction-Convection in a Cavity Heated from the Side

Sin Kim; Min Chan Kim; Sang-Baek Lee

Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.18, No.5, 593-598, September, 2001

DOI10.1007/BF02706373 Export Citation

Prediction of Melting Process Driven by Conduction-Convection in a Cavity Heated from the Side

Sin Kim, Min Chan Kim^{1, †}, and Sang-Baek Lee¹

Department of Nuclear and Energy Engineering, Cheju National University, Cheju 690-756, Korea
¹Department of Chemical Engineering, Cheju National University, Cheju 690-756, Korea

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A fixed-grid finite volume numerical approach is developed to simulate the melting during the solid-liquid phase-change driven by convection as well as by conduction. This approach adopts the enthalpy-porosity method augmented with the front-layer predictor-corrector and the pseudo Newton-Raphson algorithms that were devised to track the phase front efficiently in the conduction-driven phase-change problems. The computational results compare well with experimental data and transformed-grid results in the literature. Also, the effect of the delayed heat-up at a heated wall on the melting process is investigated.

Keywords:Melting Phase Change;Fixed-Grid Method;Melt Flow;Delayed Heat-Up

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[5] Ferziger JH, Peric M, "Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics," Springer, Germany (1999)

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