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Mixed convection flow in a porous channel under the effects of exothermic chemical reactions and local thermal non-equilibrium

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The effect of a first-order exothermic chemical reaction on the mixed flow in a vertical channel filled with a porous medium has been studied using the local thermal non-equilibrium model. A mathematical model including the exponen-tial term for heat generation in the fluid phase and interphase heat transfer terms in both the fluid and solid phases was considered. The above dimensionless model has been solved numerically using the Matlab routine bvp4c for the energy equations together with an in-house developed code for the momentum equation. The existence of dual solutions is reported for certain values of the Frank-Kamenetskii number. The obtained profiles of temperature and velocity have been plotted. In addition, the ranges of existence of the dual solutions are reported.

Source: Archives of Thermodynamics

DOI: 10.24425/ather.2024.152013

Authors: Camelia Berghian-Grosan, Rares Serban Pop, Teodor Silviu Grosan

Institutions: National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, University of Chester, Babeș-Bolyai University

Language: English

Topic: Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media

Subfield: Computational Mechanics

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Unitatea Executiva pentru Finantarea Invatamantului Superior, a Cercetarii, Dezvoltarii si Inovarii

Award: G726376506