A Numerical Study of a Square Cell Filled with Ice with the Presence of Different Length Slit Inside the Cell

Farhan Lafta Rashid; Abbas Fadhil Khalaf; Ali Basem

doi:10.37934/arnht.14.1.104117

Authors

Farhan Lafta Rashid Department of Petroleum Engineering, Engineering College, Kerbala University, Karbala 56001, Iraq
Abbas Fadhil Khalaf Department of Petroleum Engineering, Engineering College, Kerbala University, Karbala 56001, Iraq
Ali Basem Department of Air Conditioning Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Warith Al-Anbiyaa University, Karbala 56001, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37934/arnht.14.1.104117

Keywords:

Melting process, ice, crack length, numerical study, CFD

Abstract

A numerical analysis of a square cell filled with ice to determine how the existence and size of an internal incision affect the cell's behaviour. Using ANSYS/FLUENT V.16 software, the enthalpy-porosity combination was used to investigate the paper quantitatively. The material used in the study is ice. The findings of this research reveal that the time of melting for ice is lowered as the length of the break within the cell increases. The melting process takes (70) minutes to finish in a cell with a slit length of (8 cm). A cleavage length of 6 centimetres necessitates a melting time of 120 minutes. Additionally, a cell with a cleavage length of (4 cm) requires (150 min.) to finish melting.

Author Biographies

Farhan Lafta Rashid, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Engineering College, Kerbala University, Karbala 56001, Iraq

farhan.lefta@uokerbala.edu.iq

Abbas Fadhil Khalaf, Department of Petroleum Engineering, Engineering College, Kerbala University, Karbala 56001, Iraq

abbas.fadhil@uokerbala.edu.iq

Ali Basem, Department of Air Conditioning Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Warith Al-Anbiyaa University, Karbala 56001, Iraq

ali.basem@uowa.edu.iq

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