Magnetohydrodynamic non-Darcy mixed convection heat transfer from a vertical heated plate embedded in a porous medium with variable porosity

A numerical model is developed to study magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) mixed convection from a heated vertical plate embedded in a Newtonian fluid saturated sparsely packed porous medium by considering the variation of permeability, porosity and thermal conductivity. The boundary layer flow in the porous medium is governed by Forchheimer–Brinkman extended Darcy model. The conservation equations that govern the problem are reduced to a system of non-linear ordinary differential equations by using similarity transformations. Because of non-linearity, the governing equations are solved numerically. The effects of magnetic field on velocity and temperature distributions are studied in detail by considering uniform permeability (UP) and variable permeability (VP) of the porous medium and the results are discussed graphically. Besides, skin friction and Nusselt number are also computed for various physical parameters governing the problem under consideration. It is found that the inertial parameter has a significant influence in increasing the flow field and the rate of heat transfer for variable permeability case. The important finding of the present work is that the magnetic field has considerable effects on the boundary layer velocity and on the rate of heat transfer for variable permeability of the porous medium. Further, the results obtained under the limiting conditions were found to be in good agreement with the existing ones.     

Influence of thermal dispersion on forced convection in a composite parallel-plate channel

This paper concentrates on the analytical study of the effect of thermal dispersion on fully developed forced convection in a parallel-plate channel partly filled with a fluid saturated porous medium. The walls of the channel are subject to a constant heat flux. The central part of the channel is occupied by a homogeneous fluid, while peripheral parts of the channel are occupied by a fluid saturated porous medium of uniform porosity. It is assumed that the momentum flow in the porous region is described by the Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy equation. Since thermal dispersion becomes appreciable in high speed flows, that is, for the same situation when accounting for the Forchheimer term in the momentum equation is essential, the effect of thermal dispersion should be taken into account simultaneously with accounting for the Forchheimer term in the momentum equation. The objective of the present research is to determine in which situations accounting for thermal dispersion can significantly influence the solution.     

MHD free convective flow through porous medium in the presence of hall current, radiation and thermal diffusion

An unsteady free convective flow through porous media of viscous, incompressible, electrically conducting fluid through a vertical porous channel with thermal radiation is studied. A magnetic field of uniform strength is applied perpendicular to the vertical channel. The magnetic Reynolds number is assumed very small so that the induced magnetic field effect is negligible. The injection and suction velocity at both plates is constant and is given by v ₀. The pressure gradient in the channel varies periodically with time along the axis of the channel. The temperature difference of the plates is high enough to induce the radiative heat. Taking Hall current and Soret effect into account, equations of motion, energy, and concentration are solved. The effects of the various parameters, entering into the problem, on velocity, temperature and concentration field are shown graphically.     

Perturbation analysis of unsteady magnetohydrodynamic convective heat and mass transfer in a boundary layer slip flow past a vertical permeable plate with thermal radiation and chemical reaction

An analytical study for the problem of unsteady mixed convection with thermal radiation and first-order chemical reaction on magnetohydrodynamics boundary layer flow of viscous, electrically conducting fluid past a vertical permeable plate has been presented. Slip boundary condition is applied at the porous interface. The classical model is used for studying the effect of radiation for optically thin media. The non-linear coupled partial differential equations are solved by perturbation technique. The results obtained show that the velocity, temperature and concentration fields are appreciably influenced by the presence of chemical reaction, thermal stratification and magnetic field. It is observed that the effect of thermal radiation and magnetic field decreases the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles in the boundary layer. Also, the effects of the various parameters on the skin-friction coefficient and the rate of heat transfer at the surface are discussed.     

Continuous Dependence on the Heat Source in Resonant Porous Penetrative Convection

I study the structural stability for a problem in a porous medium when the density of saturating liquid is a nonlinear function of temperature and an internal heat source is present. It has been shown that for this problem when one considers thermal convection in a plane infinite layer then resonance may occur between internal layers that arise. A key parameter is the internal heat source and its presence may lead to oscillatory instability inducing resonance. Therefore, in this paper, I analyze the general structural stability problem of continuous dependence on the heat source itself for a model of nonisothermal flow in a porous medium of Forchheimer type, in a general three‐dimensional domain.     

Thermal radiation effects on magnetohydrodynamic free convection heat and mass transfer from a sphere in a variable porosity regime

A mathematical model is presented for multiphysical transport of an optically-dense, electrically-conducting fluid along a permeable isothermal sphere embedded in a variable-porosity medium. A constant, static, magnetic field is applied transverse to the cylinder surface. The non-Darcy effects are simulated via second order Forchheimer drag force term in the momentum boundary layer equation. The surface of the sphere is maintained at a constant temperature and concentration and is permeable, i.e. transpiration into and from the boundary layer regime is possible. The boundary layer conservation equations, which are parabolic in nature, are normalized into non-similar form and then solved numerically with the well-tested, efficient, implicit, stable Keller-box finite difference scheme. Increasing porosity (ε) is found to elevate velocities, i.e. accelerate the flow but decrease temperatures, i.e. cool the boundary layer regime. Increasing Forchheimer inertial drag parameter (Λ) retards the flow considerably but enhances temperatures. Increasing Darcy number accelerates the flow due to a corresponding rise in permeability of the regime and concomitant decrease in Darcian impedance. Thermal radiation is seen to reduce both velocity and temperature in the boundary layer. Local Nusselt number is also found to be enhanced with increasing both porosity and radiation parameters.     

流经有热辐射的无限垂直多孔平板时非稳定MHD流动的Soret和Dufour效应

不可压缩粘性导电流体,流经无限垂直多孔平板,平板存在振荡吸入速度和热辐射时,研究流动参数对自由对流和传质的非稳定磁流体动力学流动的Dufour(扩散热)和Soret(热扩散)效应.应用有限单元法,数值求解该问题的速度、温度和浓度场,还得到了表面摩擦、传热传质率的表达式.数值结果以图表方式给出,对外表致冷的平板(Gr0)和外表加热的平板(Gr0),给出了该方程中所遇参数的影响.     

Structural stability in resonant penetrative convection in a Forchheimer porous material

Structural stability is studied in the problem of a fluid saturating a porous medium of Forchheimer type when the density of the fluid has a cubic temperature dependence. This problem allows the possibility of resonance between internal layers in thermal convection. In this paper we investigate continuous dependence on the heat source, this source being an important quantity in the resonance problem.     

A perturbation solution for forced convection in a porous-saturated duct

Fully developed forced convection through a porous medium bounded by two isoflux parallel plates is investigated analytically on the basis of a Brinkman–Forchheimer model. The matched asymptotic expansion method is applied for small values of the Darcy number. For the case of large Darcy number the solution for the Brinkman–Forchheimer momentum equation is found in terms of an asymptotic expansion. With the velocity distribution determined, the energy equation is solved using the same asymptotic technique. The results for limiting cases are found to be in good agreement with those available in the literature and the numerical results obtained here.     

Convergence and Continuous Dependence for the Brinkman–Forchheimer Equations

The Brinkman–Forchheimer equations for non-slow flow in a saturated porous medium are analyzed. It is shown that the solution depends continuously on changes in the Forchheimer coefficient, and convergence of the solution of the Brinkman–Forchheimer equations to that of the Brinkman equations is deduced, as the Forchheimer coefficient tends to zero. The next result establishes continuous dependence on changes in the Brinkman coefficient. Following this, a result is proved establishing convergence of a solution of the Brinkman–Forchheimer equations to a solution of the Darcy–Forchheimer equations, as the Brinkman coefficient (effective viscosity) tends to zero. Finally, upper and lower bounds are derived for the energy decay rate which establish that the energy decays exponentially, but not faster than this.     

Buoyancy and chemical reaction effects on MHD mixed convection heat and mass transfer in a porous medium with thermal radiation and Ohmic heating

The combined effect of mixed convection with thermal radiation and chemical reaction on MHD flow of viscous and electrically conducting fluid past a vertical permeable surface embedded in a porous medium is analyzed. The heat equation includes the terms involving the radiative heat flux, Ohmic dissipation, viscous dissipation and the internal absorption whereas the mass transfer equation includes the effects of chemically reactive species of first-order. The non-linear coupled differential equations are solved analytically by perturbation technique. The results obtained show that the velocity, temperature and concentration fields are appreciably influenced by the presence of chemical reaction, thermal stratification and magnetic field. It is observed that the effect of thermal radiation and magnetic field is to decrease the velocity, temperature and concentration profiles in the boundary layer. There is also considerable effect of magnetic field and chemical reaction on skin-friction coefficient and Nusselt number.     

Thermal dispersion driven by the spontaneous imbibition process

In this work, we have theoretically analyzed the thermal dispersion process under the influence of the spontaneous imbibition of a liquid trapped in a capillary element, considering the presence of a uniform temperature gradient. The capillary element is represented by a porous medium which is initially found at temperature T₀ and pressure P₀. Suddenly, the lower part of the porous medium touches a liquid reservoir at temperature T_l and pressure P₀. This contact between both phases, in turn causes spontaneously the imbibition process. Using a one-dimensional formulation of the average conservation laws, we derive the corresponding nondimensional momentum and energy equations. The numerical solutions permit us to evaluate the position and velocity of the imbibition front as well as the temperature profiles and Nusselt numbers. The above results are shown by taking into account the influence of three dimensionless parameters: the ratio of the characteristic thermal time to the characteristic imbibition time, β, the ratio of the hydrostatic head of the imbibed liquid to the characteristic pressure difference for the imbibition front, α, and the ratio of the dispersive thermal diffusivity to the effective thermal diffusivity of the medium, Ω. The predictions show that temperature profiles and the heat transfer process are strongly dependent on thermal dispersion effects, indicating a clear deviation in comparison with the case of Ω = 0 that represents the absence of the thermal dispersion.     

Modelling boundary and nonlinear effects in porous media flow

We consider the problem of employing a Brinkman–Forchheimer system to model flow in a porous medium when Newton cooling conditions are appropriate at the boundary of the body. Specifically it is shown that the solution depends continuously on the Forchheimer coefficient and on the coefficient in the Newton cooling law at the boundary. Since we are dealing with non-slow flow rates and a porosity which is close to one we employ the Brinkman–Forchheimer equations and this leads to a second order differential inequality in the analysis as opposed to the first order one often found.     

Perturbation analysis of radiative effect on free convection flows in porous medium in the presence of pressure work and viscous dissipation

The effect of thermal radiation with a regular three-parameter perturbation analysis has been studied for the effects in some free convection flows of Newtonian fluid-saturated porous medium. The effects of the thermal radiation, permeability of the porous medium, pressure stress work and viscous dissipation on the flows and temperature fields have been included in the analysis. Four different vertical flows have been analyzed, those adjacent to an isothermal surface, uniform heat flux surface, a plane plume and flow generated from a horizontal line energy source, and, a vertical adiabatic surface. Rosseland approximation is used to describe the radiative heat flux in the energy equation. The numerical results of the perturbation analysis for four conditions are solved numerically by the fourth-order Runge–Kutta integration scheme. Numerical values of the main physical quantities are the skin friction and a heat transfer and total heat and mass convected downstream are presented in a tabular form with the parameters characterizing the radiation, permeability of the porous medium, pressure stress work and viscous dissipation. The obtained results are compared and a representative set is displayed graphically to illustrate the influences of the radiation, permeability of the porous medium, pressure stress work and viscous dissipation on the velocity and the temperature profiles.     

Double diffusive convection in porous media under the action of a magnetic field

The onset of thermal convection in an electrically conducting fluid saturating a porous medium, uniformly heated from below, salted by one chemical and embedded in an external transverse magnetic field is analyzed. The critical Rayleigh thermal numbers at which steady and Hopf convection can occur, are determined. Sufficient conditions guaranteeing the effective onset of convection via steady or oscillatory state are provided.

     

Magnetohydrodnamics nanofluid flow of shaped nanoparticles over a porous stretching wall and slip effect

In this study, we analyze the magnetohydrodynamic flow of magnetite-engine oil nanofluid in the presence of nonidentical shaped nanoparticles subject to the porous medium and velocity slip effect. Energy analysis is carried out with the Ohmic heating and thermal radiation impacts. The system of partial differential equations are transformed into the system of ordinary differential equations using similarity variable. The Hamilton–Crosser model is used. The exact solutions for the momentum and heat transport analysis are found. The impact of various emerging parameters on the velocity and temperature profiles are analyzed by graphs. Furthermore, the local skin friction and heat transfer rate are examined graphically. It is examined that the velocity field increases with an increment in the magnitude of ϕ and L. An increase in the value of Hartman number enhancing the temperature profile.     

Effects of variable viscosity on non-Darcy MHD free convection along a non-isothermal vertical surface in a thermally stratified porous medium

An analysis is performed for non-Darcy free convection flow of an electrically conducting fluid over an impermeable vertical plate embedded in a thermally stratified, fluid saturated porous medium for the case of power-law surface temperature. The present work examines the effects of non-Darcian flow phenomena, variable viscosity, Hartmann–Darcy number and thermal stratification on free convective transport and demonstrates the variation in heat transfer prediction based on three different flow models. The wall effect on porosity variation is approximated by an exponential function. The effects of thermal dispersion and variable stagnant thermal conductivity are taken into consideration in the energy equation. The resulting non-similar system of equations is solved using a finite difference method. Results are presented for velocity, temperature profiles and local Nusselt number for representative values of different controlling parameters.     

Unconditional Nonlinear Stability in Temperature-Dependent Viscosity Flow in a Porous Medium

The equations of flow in porous media attributable to Forchheimer are considered. In particular, the problem of thermal convection in such a medium is addressed when the viscosity varies with temperature. It is shown that nonlinear stability may be achieved naturally for all initial data by working with L ³ or L ⁴ norms. It is also shown that L ² theory is not sufficient for such unconditional stability. Previous work has established nonlinear stability for vanishingly small initial data thresholds, but we believe this is the first analysis that addresses the important physical problem of unconditional stability. It is shown how to extend the nonlinear analysis for a viscosity linear in temperature to the cases when the viscosity may be quadratic or when penetrative convection is allowed in the layer.     

Analytical solutions for movement of cold water thermal front in a heterogeneous geothermal reservoir

In the present study an analytical model has been presented to describe the transient temperature distribution and advancement of the thermal front generated due to the reinjection of heat depleted water in a heterogeneous geothermal reservoir. One dimensional heat transport equation in porous media with advection and longitudinal heat conduction has been solved analytically using Laplace transform technique in a semi infinite medium. The heterogeneity of the porous medium is expressed by the spatial variation of the flow velocity and the longitudinal effective thermal conductivity of the medium. A simpler solution is also derived afterwards neglecting the longitudinal conduction depending on the situation where the contribution to the transient heat transport phenomenon in the porous media is negligible. Solution for a homogeneous aquifer with constant values of the rock and fluid parameters is also derived with an aim to compare the results with that of the heterogeneous one. The effect of some of the parameters involved, on the transient heat transport phenomenon is assessed by observing the variation of the results with different magnitudes of those parameters. Results prove the heterogeneity of the medium, the flow velocity and the longitudinal conductivity to have great influence and porosity to have negligible effect on the transient temperature distribution.     

多孔介质热弥散系数的分形模型北大核心CSCD

热弥散系数是与流体的物性和多孔介质结构有关的,表征多孔介质传热传质强弱的重要参数.该文建立了分形多孔介质的孔喉结构模型,研究了在孔喉结构处流体由湍流状态变为层流状态的局部水头损失和速度弥散效应,在考虑微观孔喉结构和速度弥散效应的影响下,推导了热弥散系数关系式.研究表明,热弥散系数与孔喉比、孔喉结构个数和迂曲分形维数成正比,与孔隙率和面积分形维数成反比.进一步研究发现,孔喉比在1~150范围内对速度弥散效应有显著影响,流体在孔喉结构处存在局部水头损失,导致速度弥散效应增强,热弥散系数增大.