Convective flows on reactive surfaces in porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-293

  Merkin, J H ^a   Mahmood, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Convective flow; Critical points; Darcy flow; Porous media; Surface reactions

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYSTERESIS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACES;

CONVECTIVE FLOWS; CRITICAL POINTS; DARCY FLOW; REACTIVE SURFACES; SURFACE REACTIONS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CONVECTION; DARCY LAW; POROUS MEDIUM; REACTION;

EID: 0032464608     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006541819777     Document Type: Article

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