Journal of Porous Media

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2006, Volume9

Issue 5

104 pages

DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v9.i5

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A. V. Kuznetsov
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7910, Raleigh, NC 27695-7910, USA

D. A. Nield
Department of Engineering Science, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand

The classical Graetz methodology is applied to investigate the thermal development of forced convection in a parallel-plate channel filled by a saturated bidispersed porous medium, with walls held at constant temperature. A two-velocity two-temperature model is employed for the porous medium. The analysis leads to an expression for the local Nusselt number as a function of the dimensionless longitudinal coordinate and parameters characterizing the porous medium (macropore volume fraction, interphase heat transfer parameter, thermal conductivity ratio, and effective permeability ratio).

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