Analysis of the heat transfer fluctuations in the Rayleigh-Bénard convection of concentrated emulsions with finite-size droplets
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| author | Pelusi, Francesca Ascione, Stefano Sbragaglia, Mauro Bernaschi, Massimo |
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| contents | Employing numerical simulations, we provide an accurate insight into the of heat transfer mechanisms in the Rayleigh-Bénard convection of concentrated emulsions with finite-size droplets. We focus on the unsteady dynamics characterizing the thermal convection of these complex fluids close to the transition from conductive to convective states, where the heat transfer phenomenon, expressed in terms of the Nusselt number Nu, is characterized by pronounced fluctuations triggered by collective droplets motion [Pelusi et al., Soft Matter 17(13), 3709 - 3721 (2021)]. By systematically increasing the droplet concentration, we show how these fluctuations emerge along with the segregation of "extreme events" in the boundary layers, causing intermittent bursts in the heat flux fluctuations. Furthermore, we quantify the extension $S$ and the duration $\mathcal{T}$ of the coherent droplet motion accompanying these extreme events via a suitable statistical analysis involving the droplets displacements. We show how the increase in droplet concentration results in a power-law behaviour of the probability distribution function of $S$ and $\mathcal{T}$ and how this outcome is robust at changing the analysis protocol. Our work offers a comprehensive picture, linking macroscopic heat transfer fluctuations with the statistics of droplets at the mesoscale. |
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| spellingShingle | Analysis of the heat transfer fluctuations in the Rayleigh-Bénard convection of concentrated emulsions with finite-size droplets Pelusi, Francesca Ascione, Stefano Sbragaglia, Mauro Bernaschi, Massimo Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics Employing numerical simulations, we provide an accurate insight into the of heat transfer mechanisms in the Rayleigh-Bénard convection of concentrated emulsions with finite-size droplets. We focus on the unsteady dynamics characterizing the thermal convection of these complex fluids close to the transition from conductive to convective states, where the heat transfer phenomenon, expressed in terms of the Nusselt number Nu, is characterized by pronounced fluctuations triggered by collective droplets motion [Pelusi et al., Soft Matter 17(13), 3709 - 3721 (2021)]. By systematically increasing the droplet concentration, we show how these fluctuations emerge along with the segregation of "extreme events" in the boundary layers, causing intermittent bursts in the heat flux fluctuations. Furthermore, we quantify the extension $S$ and the duration $\mathcal{T}$ of the coherent droplet motion accompanying these extreme events via a suitable statistical analysis involving the droplets displacements. We show how the increase in droplet concentration results in a power-law behaviour of the probability distribution function of $S$ and $\mathcal{T}$ and how this outcome is robust at changing the analysis protocol. Our work offers a comprehensive picture, linking macroscopic heat transfer fluctuations with the statistics of droplets at the mesoscale. |
| title | Analysis of the heat transfer fluctuations in the Rayleigh-Bénard convection of concentrated emulsions with finite-size droplets |
| topic | Fluid Dynamics Computational Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02404 |