Abstract: Bidisperse porous medium (BDPM) consists of a macroporous medium whose solid phase is replaced with a microporous medium. This study investigates using numerical simulations, steady natural ...

Abstract: Hydrodynamic experiments measuring longitudinal pressure-drop versus flow rate are conducted for turbulent flow of air (channel hydraulic diameter based Reynolds number range of 2300 to 6860) ...

Abstract: Permeability (K) and form coefficient (C) are the characteristic hydraulic properties of any porous medium. They are determined simultaneously, for known fluid thermo-physical properties by using ...

Abstract: Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is employed to investigate natural convection inside porous medium enclosures at high Rayleigh numbers. Volume averaged porous medium model is coupled with the ...

Abstract: An enclosure filled with blocks made of a microscale porous medium, separated by macrosize pores, can be treated as a bidisperse porous medium (BDPM) enclosure. This study investigates natural ...

Abstract: Using an approach that couples genetic algorithm (GA) with conventional numerical simulations, optimization of the geometric configuration of a phase-change material based heat sink (PBHS) is ...

Abstract: The necessity for fundamental investigations in forced convection through porous media by fluids with temperature-dependent viscosity cannot be overstated once we take into account the lack of ...