TY - JOUR
T1 - Numerical simulations of the airflows in a wine-aging room
T2 - A lattice Boltzmann-immersed boundary study
AU - De Rosis, Alessandro
AU - Barbaresi, Alberto
AU - Torreggiani, Daniele
AU - Benni, Stefano
AU - Tassinari, Patrizia
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - In this paper, the airflows developing in a room devoted to the wine-aging process are numerically predicted. A real study case is investigated, regarding an Italian company operating in the wine sector. The airflow is modeled by adopting the lattice Boltzmann method. Specifically, large eddy simulations are performed through the Smagorinsky turbulence model. In order to account for the presence of walls and barrels, the Immersed Boundary method is used. Scenarios characterized by different layouts of the room are investigated, showing the incidence of an extra opening in the room on the whole air circulation. Present findings can be successfully used by wine-makers, since these provide the effectiveness of a numerical framework which predicts the developing of the airflow.
AB - In this paper, the airflows developing in a room devoted to the wine-aging process are numerically predicted. A real study case is investigated, regarding an Italian company operating in the wine sector. The airflow is modeled by adopting the lattice Boltzmann method. Specifically, large eddy simulations are performed through the Smagorinsky turbulence model. In order to account for the presence of walls and barrels, the Immersed Boundary method is used. Scenarios characterized by different layouts of the room are investigated, showing the incidence of an extra opening in the room on the whole air circulation. Present findings can be successfully used by wine-makers, since these provide the effectiveness of a numerical framework which predicts the developing of the airflow.
KW - Lattice Boltzmann method
KW - Modeling and simulation
KW - Natural airflow
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84922537878&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.compag.2014.10.010
DO - 10.1016/j.compag.2014.10.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84922537878
SN - 0168-1699
VL - 109
SP - 261
EP - 270
JO - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
JF - Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
IS - 1
ER -