Numerical simulation of the effect of thermal dispersion on forced convection in a circular duct partly filled with a Brinkman‐Forchheimer porous medium

Abstract

A numerical simulation of the fully developed forced convection in a circular duct partly filled with a fluid saturated porous medium is presented. The Brinkman‐Forchheimer‐extended Darcy equation is used to describe the fluid flow in the porous region. The energy equation for the porous region accounts for the effect of thermal dispersion. The dependence of the Nusselt number on a number of parameters, such as the Reynolds number, the Darcy number, the Forchheimer coefficient, as well as the thickness of the porous region is investigated. The numerical results obtained in this research are in agreement with published experimental data.