Buoyancy-Driven Flow in Fluid-Saturated Porous Media near a Bounding Surface

• Main Authors: Sakamoto, Hitoshi (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kulacki, Francis A. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Thermal Engineering and Applied Science,
• Subjects: Thermodynamics.; Heat engineering.; Heat transfer.; Mass transfer.; Hydrology.; Geophysics.; Fluid mechanics.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Partial differential equations.; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer.; Hydrology/Water Resources.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.; Partial Differential Equations.
• Physical Description: XII, 104 p. 55 illus., 12 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319898872
• ISSN: 2193-2530
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89887-2

This Brief reports on heat transfer from a solid boundary in a saturated porous medium. Experiments reveal overall heat transfer laws when the flow along the wall is driven by buoyancy produced by large temperature differences, and mathematical analysis using advanced volume-averaging techniques produce estimates of how heat is dispersed in the porous zone. Engineers, hydrologists and geophysicists will find the results valuable for validation of laboratory and field tests, as well as testing their models of dispersion of heat and mass in saturated media. .