Overview
- Presents a bridge in the literature on buoyancy driven flows in multi-layer fluid/porous systems between the fully-buoyancy-driven regime and the forced-convection regime
- Provides a highly rigorous analysis of measurements of quantified experimental uncertainty
- Explains measurement of heat transfer coefficients to validate analysis over a range of relative heights of the porous sublayer
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology (BRIEFSAPPLSCIENCES)
Part of the book sub series: SpringerBriefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science (BRIEFSTHERMAL)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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About this book
This Brief describes and analyzes flow and heat transport over a liquid-saturated porous bed. The porous bed is saturated by a liquid layer and heating takes place from a section of the bottom. The effect on flow patterns of heating from the bottom is shown by calculation, and when the heating is sufficiently strong, the flow is affected through the porous and upper liquid layers. Measurements of the heat transfer rate from the heated section confirm calculations. General heat transfer laws are developed for varying porous bed depths for applications to process industry needs, environmental sciences, and materials processing. Addressing a topic of considerable interest to the research community, the brief features an up-to-date literature review of mixed convection energy transport in fluid superposed porous layers.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dr. Francis A. Kulacki is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mixed Convection in Fluid Superposed Porous Layers
Authors: John M. Dixon, Francis A. Kulacki
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50787-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-50786-6Published: 09 February 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-50787-3Published: 21 January 2017
Series ISSN: 2191-530X
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5318
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 72
Number of Illustrations: 40 b/w illustrations
Topics: Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, Materials Engineering, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials