A lattice Boltzmann method for binary fluids based on mass-conserved quasi-incompressible phase-field theory

Abstract

In this paper, a lattice Boltzmann equation (LBE) model is proposed for binary fluids based on a quasi-incompressible phase-field model [J. Shen et al, Comm. Comp. Phys. 13, 1045 (2013)]. Compared with the other incompressible LBE models based on the incompressible phase-field theory, the quasi-incompressible model conserves mass locally. A series of numerical simulations are performed to validate the proposed model, and comparisons with an incompressible LBE model [H. Liang et al, Phys. Rev. E 89, 053320 (2014)] are also carried out. It is shown that the proposed model can track the interface accurately, and the predictions by the quasi-incompressible and incompressible models agree qualitatively well as the distribution of chemical potential is uniform, otherwise differ significantly.

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