An enthalpy-source based lattice Boltzmann model for conduction dominated phase change of pure substances

Abstract

An enthalpy-source based novel lattice Boltzmann technique is formulated for numerical simulation of conduction-dominated phase change processes of single-component systems. The proposed model is based on a classical lattice Boltzmann scheme for description of internal energy evolution with a fixed-grid enthalpy-based formulation for capturing the phase boundary evolution in an implicit fashion. A single particle density distribution function is used for calculating the thermal variable. The macroscopic energy equation is found to be recovered following the Chapman–Enskog multiscale expansion procedure. It is also found that predictions from the present model agree excellently with results obtained from established analytical/numerical models.