Wall heat conduction effect on natural convection in an enclosure filled with a non-Darcian porous medium
- Feng Chia Univ., Taichung (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
A numerical analysis has been made of the conjugate natural convection in a rectangular enclosure filled with a fluid-saturated porous medium and surrounded with four solid walls. The conductance of the walls is assumed to be much greater than that of the cavity filled with a porous medium. The main objective was to investigate the influence of the ratio of thermal conductivity of the wall to that of the fluid-porous matrix composite, the Darcy-modified Rayleigh number, the Prandtl number, and the aspect ratio. The streamlines and isotherms are presented; also, the local and average Nusselt numbers are presented along the interface between walls and cavity. A non-Darcian model was employed and the numerical method was SIMPLEC-C. The numerical results indicate that the wall heat conduction effects decrease the heat transfer rate. When the wall heat conduction is considered, the greater the conductance of the solid walls surrounding the cavity, the greater is the rate of heat transfer.
- OSTI ID:
- 7019023
- Journal Information:
- Numerical Heat Transfer. Part A, Applications; (United States), Journal Name: Numerical Heat Transfer. Part A, Applications; (United States) Vol. 25:6; ISSN 1040-7782; ISSN NHAAES
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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