Lattice Boltzmann methods for multiphase flow and phase-change heat transfer

Q Li, KH Luo, QJ Kang, YL He, Q Chen, Q Liu - Progress in Energy and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Over the past few decades, tremendous progress has been made in the development of
particle-based discrete simulation methods versus the conventional continuum-based …

Multiphase lattice Boltzmann simulations for porous media applications: A review

H Liu, Q Kang, CR Leonardi, S Schmieschek… - Computational …, 2016 - Springer
Over the last two decades, lattice Boltzmann methods have become an increasingly popular
tool to compute the flow in complex geometries such as porous media. In addition to single …

Lattice Boltzmann modeling of multiphase flows at large density ratio with an improved pseudopotential model

Q Li, KH Luo, XJ Li - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2013 - APS
Owing to its conceptual simplicity and computational efficiency, the pseudopotential
multiphase lattice Boltzmann (LB) model has attracted significant attention since its …

Numerical modeling of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering: a review of methods and applications

M Wörner - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2012 - Springer
This article presents a comprehensive review of numerical methods and models for interface
resolving simulations of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering …

Lattice B oltzmann simulation of immiscible two‐phase flow with capillary valve effect in porous media

Z Xu, H Liu, AJ Valocchi - Water Resources Research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A new algorithm for imposing the contact angle on solid surfaces is proposed in the Lattice
Boltzmann color‐gradient model. The capability and accuracy of this algorithm are validated …

The LBPM software package for simulating multiphase flow on digital images of porous rocks

JE McClure, Z Li, M Berrill, T Ramstad - Computational Geosciences, 2021 - Springer
Direct pore scale simulations of two-fluid flow on digital rock images provide a promising tool
to understand the role of surface wetting phenomena on flow and transport in geologic …

Sailfish: A flexible multi-GPU implementation of the lattice Boltzmann method

M Januszewski, M Kostur - Computer Physics Communications, 2014 - Elsevier
We present Sailfish, an open source fluid simulation package implementing the lattice
Boltzmann method (LBM) on modern Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) using …

A hybrid lattice Boltzmann and finite difference method for droplet dynamics with insoluble surfactants

H Liu, Y Ba, L Wu, Z Li, G Xi, Y Zhang - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2018 - cambridge.org
Droplet dynamics in microfluidic applications is significantly influenced by surfactants. It
remains a research challenge to model and simulate droplet behaviour including …

Lattice Boltzmann modeling of contact angle and its hysteresis in two-phase flow with large viscosity difference

H Liu, Y Ju, N Wang, G Xi, Y Zhang - Physical Review E, 2015 - APS
Contact angle hysteresis is an important physical phenomenon omnipresent in nature and
various industrial processes, but its effects are not considered in many existing multiphase …

Ternary free-energy lattice Boltzmann model with tunable surface tensions and contact angles

C Semprebon, T Krüger, H Kusumaatmaja - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
We present a ternary free-energy lattice Boltzmann model. The distinguishing feature of our
model is that we are able to analytically derive and independently vary all fluid-fluid surface …