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.
| ISBN: | 9783319898865 |
| Publication date: | 20th June 2018 |
| Author: | Hitoshi Sakamoto, Francis A Kulacki |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer International Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 104 pages |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology |
| Genres: |
Engineering thermodynamics Engineering: Mechanics of fluids Differential calculus and equations Condensed matter physics (liquid state and solid state physics) Geophysics Hydrology and the hydrosphere |