Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media
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This cluster of papers focuses on the study of heat transfer, fluid flow, and thermophysical properties in porous media, particularly in metal foams and packed beds. The research covers topics such as thermal conductivity, forced convection, pressure drop, catalytic reactors, and computational fluid dynamics modeling.
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packed beds; effective thermal conductivity; Darcy number; saturated porous media; trickle bed reactor; packed columns; onset of convection; local thermal non-equilibrium; vertical plate; critical Rayleigh number; heat transfer in porous media; Dufour effect; liquid holdup; vertical porous plate; structured packing; anisotropic porous media; porous layer; porous plate; effectiveness factor; porous catalysts; porous cavity; buoyancy ratio; porous channel; thermal conductivity ratio; Brinkman model
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Morton address: 36249284534783737 · morton4x16-v1
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