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Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications
An International Journal of Computation and Methodology
Volume 46, 2004 - Issue 9
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Original Articles

MIXED CONVECTION IN A CHANNEL WITH POROUS MULTIBLOCKS UNDER IMPOSED THERMAL MODULATION

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Pages 891-908 | Received 01 Dec 2003, Accepted 01 Jun 2004, Published online: 17 Aug 2010
 

Abstract

This study is made of an enhancement of a mixed-convection heat transfer in a channel containing multiple porous blocks heated from below. The heat flux from the most upstream heater varies in a sinusoidal form, while other heaters have a constant heat flux. The Brinkman-Forchheimer-extended Darcy model and two-equation energy model are adopted to characterize the flow and temperature fields inside porous regions. The explicit effect of thermal modulation at the upstream heater is examined by acquiring comprehensive numerical solutions. The heat transfer enhancement is pronounced at the far downstream heaters when resonance is realized. The resonance frequency is close to the characteristic frequency of the system, which scales with the time for the main stream to travel from a heater to a neighboring heater. The evolutions of flow and temperature fields are exemplified to provide physical interpretations. The effects of pore density and of porous block height are reported. The benefit of heat transfer augmentation, as opposed to the increased friction factor, is assessed to justify the use of thermal modulation in the upstream heater.

This study was supported in part by RRC of Sun Moon University, South Korea. Support was also provided by the NRL[2–578] Project, MOST, South Korea.

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