Free convection in a saturated porous medium adjacent to a vertical impermeable wall subjected to a non-uniform heat flux

1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 27-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Dutta ◽  
K. N. Seetharamu
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flux ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Free Convection ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Uniform Heat ◽  
Impermeable Wall

Numerical Investigation on Thermal and Fluid Dynamic Behavior of Laminar Slot-Jet Impinging on a Surface at Uniform Heat Flux in a Confined Porous Medium in Local Thermal Non-Equilibrium Conditions

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernardo Buonomo ◽  
Oronzio Manca ◽  
Sergio Nardini ◽  
Guy Lauriat
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Heat Flux ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Numerical Investigation ◽  
Forced Flow ◽  
Uniform Heat Flux ◽  
Nusselt Numbers ◽  
Uniform Heat ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Non Equilibrium

A numerical investigation on a single slot jet impinging in a porous parallel-plate channel containing an air-saturated high permeability porous medium is accomplished. The wall opposite the slot jet is partially heated at uniform heat flux and the buoyancy effects are taken into account. The fluid flow is assumed two dimensional, laminar and steady. The porous medium is modeled using the Brinkman–Forchheimer-extended Darcy model and the Boussinesq approximation. The local thermal non-equilibrium (LTNE) hypothesis is invoked. The results are discussed in terms of streamlines, fluid and solid phase temperature fields, wall temperature profiles and local and average Nusselt numbers. The porous medium allows a more significant heat transfer close to the end of the heated part of the plate. For low Peclet numbers, forced flow and natural convection are opposite and the mean Nusselt number shows a decrease in heat transfer, whereas they are aiding for high Peclet numbers. Porosity effects on the mean Nusselt numbers were found weak.

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