Higher-order effects in natural convection flow over uniform flux inclined flat plates in porous media

Higher-order boundary-layer effects for natural convection flow along inclined flat plates (of both positive and negative inclinations) with a uniform heat flux surface condition in a saturated porous medium are studied. Using the method of matched asymptotic expansions the three terms in inner and outer expansions have been obtained. It is shown that the first eigenfunction for this considered problem coincides with 0(? ²)-term in the inner expansion.     

Influence of chemical reaction on heat and mass transfer by natural convection from vertical surfaces in porous media considering Soret and Dufour effects

The heat and mass transfer characteristics of natural convection about a vertical surface embedded in a saturated porous medium subjected to a chemical reaction is numerically analyzed, by taking into account the diffusion-thermo (Dufour) and thermal-diffusion (Soret) effects. The transformed governing equations are solved by a very efficient numerical method, namely, a modified version of the Keller-box method for ordinary differential equations. The parameters of the problem are Lewis, Dufour and Soret numbers, sustentation parameter, the order of the chemical reaction n and the chemical reaction parameter γ. Local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number variations and dimensionless concentration profiles in the boundary layer are presented graphically and in tables for various values of problem parameters and it is concluded that γ and n play a crucial role in the solution.     

Darcy-Forchheimer natural,forced and mixed convection heat transfer in non-Newtonian power-law fluid-saturated porous media

The governing equation for Darcy-Forchheimer flow of non-Newtonian inelastic power-law fluid through porous media has been derived from first principles. Using this equation, the problem of Darcy-Forchheimer natural, forced, and mixed convection within the porous media saturated with a power-law fluid has been solved using the approximate integral method. It is observed that a similarity solution exists specifically for only the case of an isothermal vertical flat plate embedded in the porous media. The results based on the approximate method, when compared with existing exact solutions show an agreement of within a maximum error bound of 2.5%.Nomenclature A cross-sectional area - b _i coefficient in the chosen temperature profile - B ₁ coefficient in the profile for the dimensionless boundary layer thickness - C coefficient in the modified Forchheimer term for power-law fluids - C ₁ coefficient in the Oseen approximation which depends essentially on pore geometry - C _i coefficient depending essentially on pore geometry - C _D drag coefficient - C _t coefficient in the expression forK ^* - d particle diameter (for irregular shaped particles, it is characteristic length for average-size particle) - f _p resistance or drag on a single particle - F _R total resistance to flow offered byN particles in the porous media - g acceleration due to gravity - g _x component of the acceleration due to gravity in thex-direction - Grashof number based on permeability for power-law fluids - K intrinsic permeability of the porous media - K ^* modified permeability of the porous media for flow of power-law fluids - l _c characteristic length - m exponent in the gravity field - n power-law index of the inelastic non-Newtonian fluid - N total number of particles - Nux,_D,F local Nusselt number for Darcy forced convection flow - Nux,_D-F,F local Nusselt number for Darcy-Forchheimer forced convection flow - Nux,_D,M local Nusselt number for Darcy mixed convection flow - Nux,_D-F,M local Nusselt number for Darcy-Forchheimer mixed convection flow - Nux,_D,N local Nusselt number for Darcy natural convection flow - Nux,_D-F,N local Nusselt number for Darcy-Forchheimer natural convection flow - pressure - p exponent in the wall temperature variation - _Pe c characteristic Péclet number - _Pe x local Péclet number for forced convection flow - _Pe x modified local Péclet number for mixed convection flow - _Ra c characteristic Rayleigh number - _Ra x local Rayleigh number for Darcy natural convection flow - _Ra x local Rayleigh number for Darcy-Forchheimer natural convection flow - Re convectional Reynolds number for power-law fluids - Reynolds number based on permeability for power-law fluids - T temperature - T _e ambient constant temperature - T w,_ref constant reference wall surface temperature - T _w(X) variable wall surface temperature - T _w temperature difference equal toT w,_ref–T _e - T ₁ term in the Darcy-Forchheimer natural convection regime for Newtonian fluids - T ₂ term in the Darcy-Forchheimer natural convection regime for non-Newtonian fluids (first approximation) - T _N term in the Darcy/Forchheimer natural convection regime for non-Newtonian fluids (second approximation) - u Darcian or superficial velocity - u ₁ dimensionless velocity profile - u _e external forced convection flow velocity - u _s seepage velocity (local average velocity of flow around the particle) - u _w wall slip velocity - U c _M characteristic velocity for mixed convection - U c _N characteristic velocity for natural convection - x, y boundary-layer coordinates - x ₁,y ₁ dimensionless boundary layer coordinates - X coefficient which is a function of flow behaviour indexn for power-law fluids - effective thermal diffusivity of the porous medium - shape factor which takes a value of/4 for spheres - shape factor which takes a value of/6 for spheres - ₀ expansion coefficient of the fluid - _T boundary-layer thickness - T ₁ dimensionless boundary layer thickness - porosity of the medium - similarity variable - dimensionless temperature difference - coefficient which is a function of the geometry of the porous media (it takes a value of 3 for a single sphere in an infinite fluid) - ₀ viscosity of Newtonian fluid - ^* fluid consistency of the inelastic non-Newtonian power-law fluid - constant equal toX(2 ^2–n )/ - density of the fluid - dimensionless wall temperature difference     

Coupled heat and mass transfer in mixed convection over a vertical flat plate embedded in saturated porous media: PST/PSC or PHF/PMF

A boundary layer analysis is used to investigate the heat and mass transfer characteristics of mixed convection about a vertical flat plate embedded in a saturated porous medium under the coupled effects of thermal and mass diffusion. The plate is maintained at prescribed surface temperature/concentration (PST/PSC) or prescribed heat/mass flux (PHF/PMF). The nonsimilar governing equations are obtained by using a suitable transformation and solved by Keller box method. Numerical results for the local heat transfer rate and the local mass transfer rate are presented for various parameters. The local heat and mass transfer rates increase with increasing n and m and buoyancy parameter ξ. When buoyancy parameter ξ is very small (large) the value of local Nusselt and the local Sherwood number correspond with the pure forced (free) convection, respectively. Increasing buoyancy ratio N (or N ^*) increases the local heat and mass transfer rates. It is apparent that Lewis number has a pronounced effect on the local mass transfer rate than it does on the local heat transfer rate. Furthermore, increasing Lewis number decreases (increases) the local heat (mass) transfer rate. Received on 8 December 1997     

Conjugate mixed convection heat and mass transfer in brick drying

 In this study, a numerical methodology for the solution of conjugate heat and mass transfer problem is presented. Fluid flow, heat and mass transfer over a rectangular brick due to transient laminar mixed convection has been numerically simulated. The coupled non-linear partial differential equations, for both gas phase and solid are solved using finite element procedure. Flow is assumed to be incompressible, two-dimensional, laminar. Analysis has been carried out at a Reynolds number of 200 with Pr = 0.71. The effect of buoyancy on the brick drying has been investigated. Velocity vectors, streamlines in the flow field and temperature and moisture contours and temperature distribution along the solid surface are presented. It is observed that there is considerable effect of buoyancy during drying. The results indicate a non-uniform drying of the brick with the leading edge drying faster than the rest of the brick. Received on 9 December 1998     

Radiation effect on mixed convection over an isothermal cone in porous media

The radiation effect on the mixed convection flow of an optically dense viscous fluid adjacent to an isothermal cone embedded in a saturated porous medium with Rosseland diffusion approximation is numerically investigated. The entire regime of the mixed convection is included, as the mixed convection parameter of χ varies from 0 (pure free convection) to 1 (pure forced convection). The transformed nonlinear system of equations is solved by using an implicit finite difference method. Numerical results are given for the dimensionless temperature profiles and the local Nusselt number for various values of the mixed convection parameter χ, the cone angle parameter m, the radiation-conduction parameter R _d and the surface temperature parameter H. The local Nusselt number decreases initially, reaches a minimum in the intermediate value of χ and then increases gradually. It is apparent that increasing the cone angle parameter m enhances the local Nusselt number. The local Nusselt number is significantly increased for the large values of the radiation-conduction parameter R _d and the surface temperature parameter H, i.e., radiation effect becomes pronounced. Received on 25 October 1999     

Thermal radiation effect on mixed convection from horizontal surfaces in saturated porous media

An analysis is presented to investigate the effect of radiation on mixed convection from a horizontal flat plate in a saturated porous medium. Both a hot surface facing upward and a cold surface facing downward are considered in the analysis. The conservation equations that govern the problem are reduced to a system of nonlinear ordinary different equations. The important parameters of this problem are the radiation parameter R, the buoyancy parameter B, and the freestream to wall temperature ratio T _∞/T _w for the case of a hot surface or the wall to freestream to wall temperature T _w /T _∞ for the case of a cold surface.     

Magnetohydrodynamic natural convection heat transfer from radiate vertical porous surfaces

Magnetohydrodynamic natural convection heat transfer from radiate vertical surfaces with fluid suction or injection is considered. The nonsimilarity parameter is found to be the conductive fluid injection or suction along the streamwise coordinate = V{4x/² g(T _w – T )}^1/4. Three dimensionless parameters had been found to describe the problem: the magnetic influence number N = B ² _y /V ², the radiation-conduction parameter R _d = k _R /4aT ³ , and the Gebhart number Ge _x = gx/cp to represent the effect of the viscous dissipation. It is found that increasing the magnetic field strength causes the velocity and the heat transfer rates inside the boundary layer to decrease. Its apparent that increasing the radiation-conduction parameter decreases the velocity and enhances the heat transfer rates. The Gebhart number, i.e, the viscous dissipation had no effect on the present problem.Nomenclature a Stefan-Boltzmann constant - B _y Magnetic field flux density Wb/m² - Cf _x Local skin friction factor - c _p Specific heat capacity - f Dimensionless stream function - Ge _x Gebhart number, gx/cp - g Gravitational acceleration - k Thermal Conductivity - L Length of the plate - N Magnetic influence number, B ² _y /V ² - p Pressure - Pr Prandtl number - q _r Radiative heat flux - q _w (x) Local surface heat flux - Q _w (x) Dimensionless Local surface heat flux - R _d Planck number (Radiation-Conduction parameter), k _R /4aT ³ - T Temperature - T Free stream temperature - T _w Wall temperature - u, v Velocity components in x- and y-directions - V Porous wall suction or injection velocity - V _w Porous wall suction or injection velocity - x, y Axial and normal coordinates - Thermal diffusivity Greek symbols _R Roseland mean absorption coefficient, 4/3R _d - Coefficient of thermal expansion - Nonsimilarity parameter, V{4x/² g(T _w – T )}^1/4 - Peseudo-similarity variable - Dimensionless temperature - _w Ratio of surface temperature to the ambient temperature, T _w /T - Dynamice viscosity - Kinemtic viscosity - Fluid density - Electrical conductivity - _w Local wall shear stress - Dimensional stream function     

多孔介质中二维对流传热的分叉

本文利用分叉理论研究了流体饱和的二维多孔介质从底部加热所引起的自然对流,用有限差分方法确定对流的分叉进程;揭示其模式转换机理及分叉对非正常流动图象形成的影响;同时确定了矩形截面宽高比与临界端利数的关系。还提出了一个判别分支稳定笥的简明方法。     

Natural convection effects on impulsively started inclined plate with heat and mass transfer

The present investigation, involving the simultaneous heat and mass transfer is concerned with a numerical study of transient natural convection flow past an impulsively started inclined plate. Crank-Nicolson implicit finite difference method is used to solve the unsteady, non-linear and coupled governing equations. In order to check the accuracy of the numerical results, the present study is compared with available exact solution and are found to be in good agreement. Numerical results are obtained for various parameters. The steady-state velocity, temperature and concentration profiles, local and average skin friction, local and average Nusselt number, local and average Sherwood number are shown graphically. It is observed that local wall shear stress decreases as an angle of inclination { decreases.     

Fully developed mixed convection in horizontal and inclined tubes with uniform heat flux using nanofluid

Fully developed laminar mixed convection of a nanofluid consists of water and Al₂O₃ in horizontal and inclined tubes has been studied numerically. Three-dimensional elliptic governing equations have been solved to investigate the flow behaviors over a wide range of the Grashof and Reynolds numbers. Comparisons with previously published experimental and numerical works on mixed convection in a horizontal and inclined tube are performed and good agreements between the results are observed. Effects of nanoparticles concentration and tube inclinations on the hydrodynamics and thermal parameters are presented and discussed. It is shown that the nanoparticles concentration does not have significant effects on the hydrodynamics parameters. Heat transfer coefficient increases by 15% at 4 Vol.% Al₂O₃. Skin friction coefficient continually increases with the tube inclination, but the heat transfer coefficient reaches a maximum at the inclination angle of 45°.     

Experimental investigation of mixed convection heat transfer in a horizontal and inclined rectangular channel

 Mixed convection heat transfer in rectangular channels has been investigated experimentally under various operating conditions. The lower surface of the channel is subjected to a uniform heat flux, sidewalls are insulated and adiabatic, and the upper surface is exposed to the surrounding fluid. Experiments were conducted for Pr=0.7, aspect ratios AR=5 and 10, inclination angles 0° ≤ θ ≤ 30°, Reynolds numbers 50 ≤ Re ≤ 1000, and modified Grashof numbers Gr*=7.0 × 10⁵ to 4.0 × 10⁷. From the parametric study, local Nusselt number distributions were obtained and effects of channel inclination, surface heat flux and Reynolds number on the onset of instability were investigated. Results related to the buoyancy affected secondary flow and the onset of instability have been discussed. Some of the results obtained from the experimental measurements are also compared with the literature, and a good agreement was observed. The onset of instability was found to move upstream for increasing Grashof number and increasing aspect ratio. On the other hand, onset of instability was delayed for increasing Reynolds number and increasing inclination angle. Received on 19 March 2001 / Published online: 29 November 2001     

Analysis of pool boiling heat transfer over porous surfaces

A semi-empirical model for pool boiling over porous surfaces is presented. The pressure drop across the porous surface is estimated using Darcy?'s law. The significance of the latent heat flux contribution for highly porous surfaces is examined. Two nucleation factors are defined and correlated in terms of measurable quantities using literature data. An expression for the total heat flux in terms of the wall superheat, pore geometry and the physical properties of the liquid is presented. The present model matches well with literature data on pool boiling over porous surfaces, both flat surfaces and tubes from four different sources, thus validating the present approach.     

Series solutions of boundary-layer flows in porous media with lateral mass flux

Approximate analytical solutions for free convection boundary layers on a heated vertical plate with lateral mass flux embedded in a saturated porous medium are presented using the modified Adomian decomposition method and Padé technique. Several values of the wall temperature exponent for illustrating the effects of suction/injection parameter on the flow and heat transfer are considered. This study also includes the influence of the exponent on an impermeable surface. The results obtained are comparable to the exact analytical solutions and elucidate reliability and efficiency of the technique.     

Heat dispersion in stationary mixed convection flow about horizontal surfaces in porous media

An analysis has been performed to study the influence of velocity dependent dispersion on transverse heat transfer in mixed convection flow above a horizontal wall of prescribed temperature in a saturated porous medium. The Boussinesq approximation and boundary layer analysis were used to numerically obtain gravity affected temperature and velocity distributions within the frames of Darcy's law and a total thermal diffusivity tensor comprising both of constant coefficient heat conduction and velocity proportional mechanical heat dispersion. Dependending on Pe_∞, the molecular Peclét number basing on the effective thermal diffusivity and the velocity of the oncoming flow, density coupling has distinct influences on heat transfer rates between the wall surface and the porous medium flow region. For small Peclét numbers, when heat conduction is the prevailing mechanism, wall heat fluxes are the higher the larger the density difference between the oncoming and the near wall fluid is. The opposite is true for larger Peclét numbers, when mechanical heat dispersion is the main cause of heat spreading. For Pe_∞ tending to infinity these wall heat fluxes approach finite maximum values in the total heat diffusivity model, they grow beyond any limit if only constant coefficient heat conduction is considered. Thus, the inclusion of mechanical heat dispersion effects yields physically more realistic predictions. Received on 18 September 1996     

Natural convection in an inclined rectangular porous cavity with uniform heat flux from the side

The problem of natural convection in an inclined rectangular porous layer enclosure is studied numerically. The enclosure is heated from one side and cooled from the other by a constant heat flux while the two other walls are insulated. The effect of aspect ratio, inclination angle and Rayleigh number on heat transfer is studied. It is found that the enclosure orientation has a considerable effect on the heat transfer. The negative orientation sharply inhibits the convection and consequently the heat transfer and a positive orientation maximizes the energy transfer. The maximum temperature within the porous medium can be considerably higher than that induced by pure conduction when the cavity is negatively oriented. The peak of the average Nusselt number depends on the Rayleigh number and the aspect ratio. The heat transfer between the two thermally active boundaries is sensitive to the effect of aspect ratio. For an enclosure at high or low aspect ratio, the convection is considerably decreased and the heat transfer depends mainly on conduction.     

Soret and Dufour effects on heat and mass transfer by mixed convection over a vertical surface saturated porous medium with temperature dependent viscosity

The diffusion‐thermo and thermal‐diffusion effects on heat and mass transfer by mixed convection boundary layer flow over a vertical isothermal permeable surface embedded in a porous medium were studied numerically in the presence of chemical reaction with temperature‐dependent viscosity. The governing nonlinear partial differential equations are transformed into a set of coupled ordinary differential equations, which are solved numerically by using Runge–Kutta method with shooting technique. Numerical results are obtained for the velocity, temperature and concentration distributions, and the local skin friction coefficient, local Nusselt number and local Sherwood number for several values of the parameters, namely, the variable viscosity parameter, suction/injection parameter, Darcy number, chemical reaction parameter, and Dufour and Soret numbers. The obtained results are presented graphically and in tabulated form, and the physical aspects of the problem are discussed. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Natural convection in porous media above a near horizontal uniform heat flux surface

The boundary layer in free convection above a uniformly heated semi-infinite flat plate, which is inclined at a small angle to the horizontal in porous media is discussed. For positive inclinations of the plate, series solutions, one valid near the leading edge and the other at large distances from it, are obtained. When the inclination is negative, a series solution valid near the leading edge is again obtained. A step-by-step numerical technique, based on a scheme by Keller, is used to complete the solution in the region where neither series is adequate. For the negative inclinations of the plate, the boundary layer separates and a region of reverse flow develops.Hier wird die Grenzschicht bei freier Konvektion in einem porösem Medium oberhalb einer gleichmäßig beheizten, halbunendlichen flachen Platte, die mit einem kleinen Winkel gegen die Horizontale geneigt ist, untersucht. Für positive Neigungen der Platte sind zwei Reihenlösungen, eine gültig für den Anlaufbereich und die andere für einen großen Abstand davon, emittelt worden. Eine gültige Reihenlösung für eine negative Neigung in der Nähe des Anlaufbereiches ist ebenfalls bestimmt worden.Es ist ein schrittweises numerisches Verfahren, das auf der Methode von Keller basiert, benützt worden, um das Ergebnis im Bereich, in welchem keine Reihenansätze existieren, zu vervollständigen. Für negative Neigungen der Platte zerteilt sich die Grenzschicht und es entwickelt sich ein Bereich von Rückströmung.