Equation for modelling energy transfers in multi-phase flows through porous media, optimised for liquid composite moulding processes

Rohit George Sebastian, Christof Obertscheider, Ewald Fauster, Ralf Schledjewski

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Abstract

Liquid Composite Moulding LCM processes are increasingly popular in the aerospace and related industries for the production of high quality composite parts. Filling simulations are often used in the design of moulds for LCM processes for efficient and complete filling of the mould. This paper proposes an energy balance equation for modelling energy interactions in a typical LCM process for implementation in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tools such as Open Field Operation and Manipulation (OpenFOAM). The derivation of the energy balance is first described in detail, followed by a brief description of an additional equation to be solved to find the degree of cure for simulations involving a chemically reactive resin. For a preliminary validation, a simplified version of the energy equation is implemented in OpenFOAM and simulation results are compared to experiments. The temperatures predicted by the simulations are seen to closely match the experimentally observed temperatures.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer121856
Seitenumfang8
FachzeitschriftInternational journal of heat and mass transfer
Jahrgang181.2021
AusgabenummerDecember
DOIs
PublikationsstatusElektronische Veröffentlichung vor Drucklegung. - 20 Aug. 2021

Bibliographische Notiz

Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Federal Ministry of the Republic of Austria for Digital and Economic Affairs and FACC Operations GmbH through the Christian Doppler Laboratory for High Efficient Composite Processing .

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