Natural convection in a partially porous cavity with a heat generating source in the solid phase is studied numerically under a local thermal nonequilibrium condition. The right and left walls of the cavity are maintained at hot and cold temperatures, respectively. The horizontal walls are thermally insulated. The finite volume method and the semi-implicit method for pressure-linked equations (SIMPLER) algorithm are used to solve the conservation equations. The effects of relevant parameters, such as internal and external Rayleigh numbers Ra I , Ra E , interphase heat transfer coefficient H , modified thermal conductivity ratio γ , and dimensionless porous layer thickness e are discussed. The results revealed that at high values of the interphase heat transfer coefficient, the impact of an internal Rayleigh number on the dynamic and thermal fields decreases with an increase in the modified thermal conductivity ratio.


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    Title :

    Local Thermal Nonequilibrium Natural Convection in a Cavity with Heat-Generating Porous Layer


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    2021-07-01




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    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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