Mass and heat transfer by high Rayleigh number convection in a porous medium heated from below
Mass and heat transfer by high Rayleigh number convection in a porous medium heated from below
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DOI:
10.1016/0017-9310(87)90226-2
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发表时间:
1987-11
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
O. V. Trevisan;A. Bejan
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作者:
O. V. Trevisan;A. Bejan
This paper outlines a combined theoretical and numerical study of the mass transfer effected by high Rayleigh number Bénard convection in a two-dimensional saturated porous layer heated from below. The focus of this study is on the Darcy flow, heat transfer and mass transfer scales of a single cell (roll) that exists in the steady two-dimensional convection regime. The numerical solutions are based on the complete governing equations for two-dimensional flow, and cover the Rayleigh number range 50–2000. The numerical results compare favorably with the theoretical conclusions of a scale analysis that is based on the recognition of 1.(i) two temperature difference scales in the cell, 2.(ii) a flow field without horizontal boundary layers, and 3.(iii) thermal top and bottom end-regions that are not slender enough to be boundary layers. Writing Le for the Lewis number, the overall mass transfer rate or Sherwood number is shown to scale as Le 1 2 Ra 7 8 if Le> Ra 1 4, as Le 2 Ra 1 2 if Ra− 1 4< Le< Ra 1 4, and as O (1) if Le< Ra− 1 4. The transition from the Darcy flow to the inertia-dominated Forschheimer flow and the scales of the Forschheimer regime are discussed in the closing section.