Basic natural convection in a vertical porous layer differentially heated from its sidewalls subject to lack of local thermal equilibrium

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 54, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2387-2396

  Vadasz, Peter ^a,b  

^a Northern Arizona University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Heat flux; Lack of local thermal equilibrium (LaLotheq); Local thermal non equilibrium (LTNE); Natural convection; Porous media

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT HEAT FLUX; LACK OF LOCAL THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM (LALOTHEQ); LOCAL THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM; LOCAL THERMAL NON-EQUILIBRIUM; PARAMETER SPACES; POROUS MEDIA; SOLID TEMPERATURES; STEADY STATE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VERTICAL POROUS LAYERS;

FLUIDS; HEATING; MIXED CONVECTION; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS;

HEAT FLUX;

EID: 79953067099     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2011.02.023     Document Type: Article

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