Darcy–Carreau–Yasuda rheological model and onset of inelastic non-Newtonian mixed convection in porous media

2021 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 044111
Author(s):  
P. V. Brandão ◽  
M. N. Ouarzazi ◽  
S. C. Hirata ◽  
A. Barletta
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Rheological Model ◽  
Convection In Porous Media

Non-Darcy Mixed Convection With Thermal Dispersion in a Saturated Porous Medium

2009 ◽  
Vol 132 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. V. Sobha ◽  
R. Y. Vasudeva ◽  
K. Ramakrishna ◽  
K. Hema Latha
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Medium ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Nusselt Number ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Vertical Plate ◽  
Saturated Porous Medium ◽  
Thermal Dispersion ◽  
Convection In Porous Media ◽  
Infinite Vertical Plate

Thermal dispersion due to local flows is significant in heat transfer with forced convection in porous media. The effects of parametrized melting (M), thermal dispersion (D), inertia (F), and mixed convection (Ra/Pe) on the velocity distribution, temperature, and Nusselt number on non-Darcy, mixed convective heat transfer from an infinite vertical plate embedded in a saturated porous medium are examined. It is observed that the Nusselt number decreases with increase in melting parameter and increases with increase in thermal dispersion.

Combined Free and Forced Convection in Porous Media

1971 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 399-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michel A. Combarnous ◽  
Paul Bia
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Porous Media ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Forced Convection ◽  
Fluid Phase ◽  
Mean Flow ◽  
Free And Forced Convection ◽  
Convective Cells ◽  
Convection In Porous Media

Abstract An experimental study of thermal convection in a horizontal porous layer bounded by isothermal planes has been performed with and without a mean flow of the saturating fluid phase. The temperature distribution and heat transfer resulting from convection have been determined. The theoretical criterion for the onset of convection (Rayleigh number NRa > 4p2) has been verified. For low values of NRa (< 260) a regular pattern of convective cells has been observed which may be motionless or moving depending on the experimental conditions. For NRa values higher than 260, another convective state has been found that is mainly unstable. Numerical computations have been worked out that confirm the experimental results on the heat transfer and size of convective cells. INTRODUCTION Thermal convective currents may exist in a porous medium when the vertical component of the temperature gradient runs in the same direction as the gravity vector. Such a configuration is possible in some cases during a real in-situ combustion test4 or during hot fluid injection. A general understanding of convection is also of interest for analyzing the abnormal temperature gradients sometimes observed in oil and gas reservoirs.22 From the phenomenological standpoint a distinction must be made between the natural or free convection occurring in a closed volume and the mixed or combined free and forced convection arising when there is a mean flow of the fluid phase. Natural convection in porous media has been the subject of numerous experimental attempts to determine a convection criterion, e.g., by using a linear theory,1,2,9 and to measure the mean heat transfer.3,7 Numerical studies8,10,15,19,20 have also been made, and their results are not always in good agreement with experimental observations. However, no thorough study of mixed convection has been made except for a theoretical analysis of the convection onset criterion5 and some qualitative experimental observations.4 This paper presents some findings concerning both the natural and mixed convection of an incompressible fluid in a homogeneous horizontal porous layer bounded by two parallel impervious isothermal surfaces. The temperature for the cooler upper surface is T1 and that of the lower surface is T2=T1+?T. THEORETICAL ANALYSIS The effect of pressure on specific gravity is assumed to be negligible with regard to the effect of thermal expansion. So the relationship between density and temperature may be expressed as:Equation 1 In addition to complying with equations for motion and continuity, velocity and temperature distributions obey the heat transfer equation:Equation 2 By taking into account the additivity property of enthalpy, M may be expressed asEquation 3 On the contrary, khR is not just a simple function of khj and khs and must be measured or calculated with different kinds of models.6

Nonlinear global modes in inhomogeneous mixed convection flows in porous media

2008 ◽  
Vol 595 ◽  
pp. 367-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. N. OUARZAZI ◽  
F. MEJNI ◽  
A. DELACHE ◽  
G. LABROSSE
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Scaling Laws ◽  
Axial Flow ◽  
Base Flow ◽  
Global Mode ◽  
First Case ◽  
Inhomogeneous Temperature ◽  
Global Modes ◽  
Convection In Porous Media

The aim of this work is to investigate the fully nonlinear dynamics of mixed convection in porous media heated non-uniformly from below and through which an axial flow is maintained. Depending on the choice of the imposed inhomogeneous temperature profile, two cases prove to be of interest: the base flow displays an absolute instability region either detached from the inlet or attached to it. Results from a combined direct numerical simulations and linear stability approach have revealed that in the first case, the nonlinear solution is a steep nonlinear global mode, with a sharp stationary front located at a marginally absolutely unstable station. In the second configuration, the scaling laws for the establishment of a nonlinear global mode quenched by the inlet are found to agree perfectly with the theory. It is also found that in both configurations, the global frequency of synchronized oscillations corresponds to the local absolute frequency determined by linear criterion, even far from the threshold of global instability.

Soret Effect and Mixed Convection in Porous Media

2002 ◽  
pp. 428-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Najib Ouarzazi ◽  
Annabelle Joulin ◽  
Pierre-Antoine Bois ◽  
Jean K. Platten
Keyword(s):  
Porous Media ◽  
Mixed Convection ◽  
Soret Effect ◽  
Convection In Porous Media
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