Numerical insights into turbulent penetrative convection over localized heat sources
S. Kenjeres (TU Delft - ChemE/Transport Phenomena)
A. Zilic (TU Delft - ChemE/Transport Phenomena)
K Hanjalic (TU Delft - ChemE/Transport Phenomena)
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Abstract
The turbulent penetrative convection into a stable convective boundary layer represents an important phenomenon in environmental engineering and atmospheric science. In the present study, we present a series of numerical simulations performed by two modeling approaches: the high-fidelity Large-Eddy Simulations (LES), and the less computationally demanding transient Reynolds-Averaged Approach (TRANS), but with an advanced sub-scale turbulent heat flux model. By simulating different localized heat sources over the ground, and by performing a direct comparative assessment of results obtained by LES and TRANS, we confirmed an overall good agreement in predicting the time evolution of the horizontally averaged temperature profiles. Similarly, the morphology of instantaneous thermal plumes and large convective structures predicted by TRANS were in reasonable agreement with the referent LES predictions.
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