CONVECTIVE HEAT-TRANSFER IN SHALLOW, GAS-FILLED POROUS-MEDIA - EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

被引:18
作者
CLOSE, DJ
SYMONS, JG
WHITE, RF
机构
[1] CSIRO, Div of Energy Technology,, Highett, Aust, CSIRO, Div of Energy Technology, Highett, Aust
关键词
FLOW OF FLUIDS - Porous Materials;
D O I
10.1016/0017-9310(85)90056-0
中图分类号
O414.1 [热力学];
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摘要
Measurements of Nusselt numbers in shallow, air-filled porous beds bounded by horizontal isothermal surfaces are reported. The Rayleigh number range covered was from 5 to 150 and the number of layers of spheres investigated was from 1 to 5. Critical Rayleigh numbers were found to be close to 4 pi **2 except in the case of the one-layer bed. The ratio of particle diameter to bed height had a strong influence on the Nusselt number.
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页码:2371 / 2378
页数:8
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