Natural convection from a discrete heater in a square cavity filled with a porous medium

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 55-63

  Saeid, Nawaf H ^a   Pop, Ioan ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; NUSSELT NUMBER; POROUS MATERIALS; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS; TISSUE;

DISCRETE HEATERS; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SYSTEMS; ISOFLUX; RAYLEIGH NUMBERS (RA);

NATURAL CONVECTION;

EID: 12144274948     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JPorMedia.v8.i1.50     Document Type: Article

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