The numerical modeling of natural convection in partially porous annuli is a topic of rising interest, due to its practical applications for the provisional analyses of several engineering applications such as geothermal down-hole heat exchangers, chemical reactors, etc. Though a large number of papers focused on the modeling of this phenomenon under steady-state conditions, only few works consider its transient thermal evolution and no works are available referred to partially porous annular cavities. However, most of the real technical applications operate in dynamic mode, for this reason, this paper focuses on the transient numerical analysis of heat transfer in partially porous annular enclosures, where natural convection occurs. A fully explicit version of the CBS algorithm is employed here to solve the generalized porous medium model which describes both the sub-domains of the cavity using only one equations set; a dual time stepping technique is employed for transient analyses. Several cases have been analyzed, by changing the cavity aspect ratio and thermo-physical parameters of the fluid. Several results have been presented by changing both porous medium's properties and geometrical characteristics of the domain. The obtained results highlight that both the properties and the position of porous layer, inserted into the computational domain, strongly influence the thermal behavior of the cavity.
Transient Natural Convection in Partially Porous Vertical Annuli
ARPINO, Fausto;CAROTENUTO, Alberto;CORTELLESSA, Gino;MASSAROTTI, Nicola;
2016-01-01
Abstract
The numerical modeling of natural convection in partially porous annuli is a topic of rising interest, due to its practical applications for the provisional analyses of several engineering applications such as geothermal down-hole heat exchangers, chemical reactors, etc. Though a large number of papers focused on the modeling of this phenomenon under steady-state conditions, only few works consider its transient thermal evolution and no works are available referred to partially porous annular cavities. However, most of the real technical applications operate in dynamic mode, for this reason, this paper focuses on the transient numerical analysis of heat transfer in partially porous annular enclosures, where natural convection occurs. A fully explicit version of the CBS algorithm is employed here to solve the generalized porous medium model which describes both the sub-domains of the cavity using only one equations set; a dual time stepping technique is employed for transient analyses. Several cases have been analyzed, by changing the cavity aspect ratio and thermo-physical parameters of the fluid. Several results have been presented by changing both porous medium's properties and geometrical characteristics of the domain. The obtained results highlight that both the properties and the position of porous layer, inserted into the computational domain, strongly influence the thermal behavior of the cavity.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
