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NATURAL CONVECTION IN POROUS MEDIA. 2. FREEZING.

Author(s) : LEIN H., TANKIN R. S.

Type of article: Article

Summary

FREEZING AND MELTING EXPERIMENTS ARE CONDUCTED TO VISUALIZE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN NATURAL CONVECTION AND THE PHASE CHANGE PROCESS IN POROUS MEDIA. LANDAU'S TRANSFORMATION IS APPLIED TO SOLVE THE IRREGULAR MOVING BOUNDARY PROBLEM AND THE COMPUTED RESULTS AGREE WELL WITH THE EXPERIMENTAL DATA. IT IS FOUND THAT THE NATURAL CONVECTION PROCESS IS CONTROLLED BY THE MEAN RAYLEIGH NUMBER AND WEAKENS AS THE FREEZING PROCESS PRCS VARIOUS ASPECT RATIOS ARE EXAMINED AND THEY AGREE REASONABLY WELL WITH BECK'S PREFERRED FORMULA FOR A RECTANGULAR BOX.

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  • Original title: NATURAL CONVECTION IN POROUS MEDIA. 2. FREEZING.
  • Record ID : 1992-1056
  • Languages: English
  • Source: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer - vol. 35 - n. 1
  • Publication date: 1992/01

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