TY - JOUR
T1 - Darcy-Boussinesq convective flow in a trapezoidal enclosure with thermal stratification
AU - Rahman, M.M.
AU - Al-Amri, Kawkab A.
AU - Pop, I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - We explore numerically the Darcy–Boussinesq convective flow of water, kerosene, and engine oil through the glass ball, aluminum foam and sandstone porous medium inside a right-angle trapezoidal enclosure taking into consideration of thermal stratification. The bottom and left walls of the enclosure are uniformly heated, whereas thermal insulation is considered for the upper wall of it. Thermal stratification is applied to the right wall. The governing nondimensional partial differential equations are simulated using the Galerkin weighted residual finite element method with the help of COMSOL Multiphysics. We explored the time evolution of solutions and investigate the effects of the Rayleigh number, thermal stratification parameter, porosity parameter, types of the solid matrix and working fluids, and on the average Nusselt numbers, streamlines and isotherms. The simulated results confirm that the heat transfer rate amplifies with the increase in Rayleigh number and diminishes with the thermal stratification, porosity and aspect ratio of the enclosure. The results further guarantee that engine oil and aluminum foam perform better for heat transfer intensification. A two-cell flow is obtained for a stronger thermal stratification.
AB - We explore numerically the Darcy–Boussinesq convective flow of water, kerosene, and engine oil through the glass ball, aluminum foam and sandstone porous medium inside a right-angle trapezoidal enclosure taking into consideration of thermal stratification. The bottom and left walls of the enclosure are uniformly heated, whereas thermal insulation is considered for the upper wall of it. Thermal stratification is applied to the right wall. The governing nondimensional partial differential equations are simulated using the Galerkin weighted residual finite element method with the help of COMSOL Multiphysics. We explored the time evolution of solutions and investigate the effects of the Rayleigh number, thermal stratification parameter, porosity parameter, types of the solid matrix and working fluids, and on the average Nusselt numbers, streamlines and isotherms. The simulated results confirm that the heat transfer rate amplifies with the increase in Rayleigh number and diminishes with the thermal stratification, porosity and aspect ratio of the enclosure. The results further guarantee that engine oil and aluminum foam perform better for heat transfer intensification. A two-cell flow is obtained for a stronger thermal stratification.
KW - Darcy flow
KW - Free convection
KW - Porous medium
KW - Thermal stratification
KW - Trapezoidal enclosure
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U2 - 10.1007/s10973-020-09912-4
DO - 10.1007/s10973-020-09912-4
M3 - Article
SN - 1388-6150
VL - 145
SP - 3325
EP - 3337
JO - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
JF - Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
IS - 6
ER -