Buoyancy-Driven Flow in Fluid-Saturated Porous Media near a Bounding Surface

by Hitoshi Sakamoto, Francis A. Kulacki

Overview

This Brief reports on heat transfer from a solid boundary in a saturated porous medium. Experiments reveal overall heat transfer laws when the flow along the wall is driven by buoyancy produced by large temperature differences, and mathematical analysis using advanced volume-averaging techniques produce estimates of how heat is dispersed in the porous zone. Engineers, hydrologists and geophysicists will find the results valuable for validation of laboratory and field tests, as well as testing their models of dispersion of heat and mass in saturated media.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319898865
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	06/12/2018
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
Edition description:	1st ed. 2018
Pages:	104
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Hitoshi Sakamoto is a research scientist with Huawei Technologies, KK, Japan.

Dr. Francis Kulacki is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- Prior Research.- The Volume-Averaged Energy Equations.- Heat Transfer Measurements.- Results.- Thermal Dispersion.- Conclusion.