Phase Changes and Fluid Flow: Basic Concepts and Natural Examples
摘要
In this chapter, we address the fundamentals of the interactions between the phase change of a solid with a flow of water. We focus on two cases. First, we investigate the dissolution of a pure solid in contact with a liquid made up of a solvent and a solute. In this case, the dissolution rate is related to the transport of the solute concentration field by the flow. Secondly, we address the melting of a pure substance, meaning that the solid and liquid phases have the same chemical composition. The heat transfer sets the melting rate. After a reminder of the basic concepts of phase transitions, we determine the boundary conditions at the solid/liquid boundary and indicate the partial differential equations describing the solute or heat transport by the flow. Finally, we investigate with more details a one dimensional example, the dissolution of a plate by a thin film flow.