Thermal convection in a sparcely packed porous layer saturated with suspended particles

• Published in: International communications in heat and mass transfer Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 315 - 324
• Main Author: Mackie, Calvin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONVECTION; Convection and heat transfer; ENGINEERING; Exact sciences and technology; Flow of fluids; Flows through porous media; Fluid dynamics; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; Mechanical permeability; Nonhomogeneous flows; PACKED BEDS; Particles (particulate matter); PERMEABILITY; Physics; POROUS MATERIALS; Saturation (materials composition); SUSPENSIONS; Suspensions (fluids); Thermodynamic stability; Turbulent flows, convection, and heat transfer; Packed beds; Suspended particle; Porous medium flow; Boundary conditions; Linear stability; Natural convection; Modelling; Analytical solution; Heat transfer

This analytical study has considered the incipient convection of a sparcely packed porous medium saturated with suspended particles. A linear stability analysis is performed to determine the effects of the permeability of the medium and suspended components on the conditions for incipient instabilit...