
Conjugate heat transfer by using secondary fluid
Submitted by Perbear on November 23, 2013 - 10:15
It is my understanding that in the latest version of Caedium it is possible to use two different fluids in the same simulation. The example "CFD Simulation of a Pitot Tube and Manometer" use both water and air.
In the electronics cooling example, would it be possible to define the heat sinks consisting of a secondary fluid with a very high viscosity? This way the secondary fluid's heat conduction property can be set equal to a real heat sink. Then simulation would include important heat distribution between heat producing components and the liquid cooled surface.
VOF does not support heat transfer
The 2 phase, Volume Of Fluid (VOF) solver in Caedium does not support heat transfer, so the approach you describe would not work.