Thermal Nonequilibrium, Non-Darcian Forced Convection in a Channel Filled with a Fluid Saturated Porous Medium – A Perturbation Solution

Author: Kuznetsov A.V.

Source: Applied Scientific Research, Volume 57, Number 2, 1997 , pp. 119-131(13)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

This paper concentrates on the analysis of the thermal nonequilibrium effects during forced convection in a parallel-plate channel filled with a fluid saturated porous medium. The flow in a channel is described by the Brinkman–Forchheimer-extended Darcy equation and the thermal nonequilibrium effects are accounted for by utilizing the two energy equations model. Applying the perturbation technique, an analytical solution of the problem is obtained. It is established that the temperature difference between the fluid and solid phases for the steady fully developed flow is proportional to the ratio of the flow velocity to the mean velocity. This results in a local thermal equilibrium at the walls of the channel if the Brinkman term which allows for the no-slip boundary condition at the walls is included into the momentum equation.

Keywords: forced convection; Brinkman–Forchheimer-extended Darcy equation; thermal nonequilibrium flow

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Technical University Vienna, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 7/322, A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Publication date: 1997-01-01