Improving Accuracy of Coarse Grid Numerical Solution of Solid-Solid Reactions by Taylor Series Expansion of the Reaction Term

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2009-04-28
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Exothermic solid-solid reactions lead to sharp reaction fronts that cannot be captured by coarse spatial mesh size numerical simulations that are often required for large-scale simulations. We present a coarse-scale formulation with high accuracy by using a Taylor series expansion of the reaction term. Results show that such expansion could adequately maintain the accuracy of fine-scale behavior of a constant pattern reaction front while using a smaller number of numerical grid cells. Results for a one-dimensional solid-solid reacting system reveal reasonable computational time saving. The presented formulation improves our capabilities for conducting fast and accurate numerical simulations of industrial-scale solid-solid reactions.

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Hassan Hassanzadeh, Mehran Pooladi-Darvish, and Jalal Abedi, “Improving Accuracy of Coarse Grid Numerical Solution of Solid-Solid Reactions by Taylor Series Expansion of the Reaction Term,” Mathematical Problems in Engineering, vol. 2009, Article ID 696253, 13 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/696253