When the long distance crude oil pipeline is stopped, the crude oil will
solidify gradually with the decrease of the temperature in the pipeline. The
solid-liquid thermal diffusivity can reflect the ability of heat diffusion
in the phase change heat transfer process of crude oil stop-transport. Based
on the mathematical model of oil phase transition heat transfer established
by enthalpy method, the lattice Boltzmann method isused to solve the
governing equations of oil phase transition heat transfer. According to the
simulation results, the phase change heat transfer process of crude oil
is divided into three stages, and the mechanism of the phase change heat
transfer process of crude oil is studied. The results show that the influence
of solid-liquid thermal diffusion ratio increase gradually with time. When
Fourier number? 0.043, Nusselt number and convective heat transfer intensity
of mobile phase interface slightly decrease with the increase of
solid-liquid thermal diffusivity ratio. The research results of this paper
can provide a reference for controlling the stoppage time of pipeline.