基于微-连续混合尺度方法的流动传热与化学反应多过程耦合及孔隙演化模拟计算

Simulation of flow, heat transfer and chemical reaction coupling process with pore evolution, based on a hybrid micro-continuous scale method

  • 摘要: 多孔介质在热-流-固-化多过程耦合作用下的形貌演化预测是航空航天、能源、化工等多个工程领域面临的共性难题。本研究提出一种混合微-连续尺度数值计算方法,以三维碳纤维多孔材料在高温氧气气流下的氧化烧蚀过程为例,采用结构化网格实现了流动传热、化学反应与动态形貌演化的耦合计算。研究结果表明:孔隙率决定了材料的烧蚀模式,低孔隙率结构以表面氧化烧蚀后退为主,高孔隙率结构由于氧气渗透更深还发生了体烧蚀现象。定量分析揭示,碳纤维多孔材料孔隙率与质量损失率正相关。烧蚀20 s 后,孔隙率为0.92和0.88的材料质量损失率高达100%和99.3%,而ε = 0.85 时,质量损失率显著降至约74.5%。此外,受氧气流动供给不足导致的“扩散极限”制约,3000 K下材料烧蚀后退速率随时间呈现出先增后减的非线性特征。该方法能够在三维空间及孔隙尺度上精细捕捉烧蚀形貌动态演化,为极端环境下多孔介质的抗烧蚀性能评估提供了有效的数值分析手段。

     

    Abstract: Predicting the morphological evolution of porous media under coupled thermo-fluid-solid-chemical processes remains a common challenge in aerospace, energy, chemical engineering, and many other fields. In this study, a hybrid micro-continuum-scale numerical method is proposed. Taking the oxidation ablation of a three-dimensional carbon fiber porous material exposed to a high-temperature oxygen flow as an example, a structured grid is employed to achieve coupled simulations of fluid flow, heat transfer, chemical reactions, and dynamic morphology evolution. The result indicate that porosity determines the ablation mode of the material. For low-porosity structures, ablation is dominated by surface oxidation recession, whereas high-porosity structures also experience volumetric ablation due to deeper oxygen penetration. Quantitative analysis reveals a positive correlation between the porosity and the mass loss rate of carbon fiber porous materials. After 20 s of ablation, the mass loss rates for materials with porosities of 0.92 and 0.88 reach as high as 100% and 99.3%, respectively; in contrast, when ε = 0.85, the mass loss rate decreases significantly to approximately 74.5%. Furthermore, constrained by the diffusion limit caused by an insufficient oxygen supply, the ablation recession rate at 3000 K exhibits a nonlinear behavior over time, increasing initially and then decreasing. The proposed method is capable of accurately capturing the dynamic evolution of ablation morphology in three-dimensional space and at the pore scale, providing an effective numerical tool for evaluating the ablation resistance of porous media under extreme environments.

     

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