Numerical Simulation of Liquefied Natural Gas in Rib-Tube

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The flow of liquefied natural gas (LNG) which was coupled between heat transfer and fluid-flow in rib-tube was studied in this paper. Based on theoretical analysis, the model and wall-function were chosen to simulate the flow field of rib-tube, and the multiphase flow was described by the mixture model, in which the dispersed phase was defined by different velocity. In addtion, self-defining functions were used and governing equations were set up to solve the dispersed phase, and the result were compared with the experiment. The process of fluid-flow and heat exchange on rib-tube was simulated, and the contours of temperature, pressure, velocity, gas fraction were obtained, which showed that, the parameters of above changed when the temperature was rising and the LNG evaporating along the rib-tube, and a mixed process existed in the middle of the heat tube.

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