Numerical simulations of miscible channel flow with chemical reactions

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Abstract

We investigate the pressure-driven miscible displacement of one fluid by another in a horizontal channel in the presence of an exothermic chemical raction. We solve the continuity, Navier- Stokes, and energy conservation equations coupled to convective- diffusion equations of the reactant and product. The viscosity is assumed to depend on the volume fraction of the reactant and product as well as the temperature. The effects of relavent paramaters such as, Reynolds number, Peclet number, Damk$\ddot{o} $hler number and the viscosity ratio of the reactant and product will be presented at the meeting.

*EPSRC Grant number EP/E046029/1

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Authors

  • J.N. Kusuma

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad

  • Kirti Sahu

    • Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Yeddumailaram 502 205, Andhra Pradesh, India

  • Omar Matar

    • Imperial College London
    • Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, SW7 2AZ, UK