Forced convection in a variable section axisymmetric channel with different porous layers and heat generation

E. Pilevne*, A. Misirlioglu

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Abstract

In the present study, the forced convection in an axisymmetric channel has been investigated numerically. The channel, which contains different porous layers, has variable cross sectional areas along the axis. The governing equations for non-Darcy porous media are solved for the uniform inlet velocity profile and uniform inlet temperature. The walls are kept at a constant temperature. The porous medium at the middle of the channel has internal heat generation. This kind of solution domain is aimed to model the phenomena in the porous burners. The finite element method is employed to solve the governing equations. First, the code is compared for the fully developed flow in the parallel channel. For this purpose the maximum velocities at the channel axis and the Nusselt numbers at the wall are compared with the literature. Having obtained the validated results for the code, it is applied to the problem described above. The results will be presented in terms of velocity and temperature profiles.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Methods and Experimental Measurements XIII
Pages485-493
Number of pages9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event13th International Conference on Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, CMEM 2007 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 2 Jul 20074 Jul 2007

Publication series

NameWIT Transactions on Modelling and Simulation
Volume46
ISSN (Print)1743-355X

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Computational Methods and Experimental Measurements, CMEM 2007
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period2/07/074/07/07

Keywords

  • FEM
  • Forced convection
  • Porous layers

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