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65 3 Vol.65 No.3 March 2014 2014 3 CIESC Journal 870 116024 Surface Evolver Weaire-Phelan T-6201Darcy - DOI 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2014.03.015 TK 124 A 04381157201403087009 Numerical simulation of thermal dispersion in porous media with large porosity CHEN Zhongshan, XIE Maozhao, LIU Hongsheng (School of Energy and Power Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, Liaoning, China) Abstract: The structure of porous media with large porosity is described by a spatial periodic Weaire-Phelan model, which is built by the Surface Evolver software, and the application range of this model is determined by comparison of experimental data and simulation result for thermal effective conductivity. Based on the model, numerical computations on two specimens, with air and water as working fluids and aluminum T-6201 as solid matrix, are conducted. The effects of working parameters, such as pore size, Darcy velocity and ratio of thermal diffusion coefficient of fluid to solid, on the thermal dispersion are discussed. The simulation result shows that smaller diameter and stronger dispersion result in a more sensible dependency on thermal physical properties. In addition, the transversal component is far smaller than the longitudinal one. Empirical correlations for the longitudinal and transversal thermal dispersion are obtained in term of Peclet number. Key words porous medium numerical simulation model thermal dispersion porosity