Externally imposed chemical potential gradient for binary fluid mixture¶
We present a module that implements an externally imposed chemical potential gradient to the Lattice Boltzmann code Ludwig. The gradient is further used in simulation of binary fluid mixture and enables the studies of the related flows in various porous materials.
Purpose of Module¶
The gradient of chemical potential in a binary fluid mixture gives rise to a flow, whenever the value of the order parameter differs from 0. In Ludwig, we first implement the gradient as a vectorial physical property, which can, similarly to all other physical properties, be used anywhere in the code. Further on, we use it in the context of binary fluid mixture in the subroutines that account for the time evolution of the order parameter (Cahn-Hilliard equation) and the force, that arises due to the non-zero chemical potential gradient and order parameter.
This module is essential for studying binary fluid flows in porous materials as well as flows, arising due to the wetting effect of the walls in nanochannels.
Background Information¶
This module implements the externally imposed chemical potential gradient (for binary fluid mixture) in the Ludwig code. The latter, together with its documentation and tutorial is available on the following link: https://github.com/ludwig-cf/ludwig.
Building and Testing¶
The module is built and run in the same way as any other simulation in Ludwig. A detailed description of the latter is available at: https://github.com/ludwig-cf/ludwig/tree/master/docs/tutorial.
Specifically, an example of the input file for a binary fluid simulation with externally imposed chemical potential gradient is available at: https://github.com/ludwig-cf/ludwig/blob/develop/tests/regression/d3q19-short/serial-muex-st1.inp. The externally imposed chemical potential gradient is specified in the input file, by the following lines:
fd_force_divergence 0
grad_mu 0.00001_0.00002_0.00003
Source code¶
The related pull requests in Ludwig’s github repository can be found at https://github.com/ludwig-cf/ludwig/pull/80 and https://github.com/ludwig-cf/ludwig/pull/88.
The changes have been incorporated into the Ludwig’s new versions,
for the first time within the release/version 0.11.0 (see
https://github.com/ludwig-cf/ludwig/blob/master/CHANGES.md).