Numerical study on natural convection in a saturated non Darcian porous medium under radiation and entropy generation effects

Abstract

This work focuses on analyzing fluid flow, generation of entropy, and heat transfer during natural convection in a cavity enclosed with a non-Darcian saturated porous medium. The influence of viscous dissipation and thermal radiation are considered. The Lattice Boltzmann method is adopted to simulate the governing equations. The study discusses the general effect of dimensionless parameters on the fluid structure interaction properties, entropy generation and the thermal field. The parameters investigated include the Grashof number, Eckert number, Rayleigh number, Forchheimer Resistance, inverse Darcy, radiation parameter, and Prandtl number. The combination of studying dimensionless parameters on non-Darcian porous medium, along with the consideration of thermal radiation, viscous dissipation, and entropy analysis, has made this research valuable and worth pursuing. The findings reveal that the areas of high entropy generation are primarily located along the walls (vertical) of the cavity. Moreover, it is observed that as the inverse Darcy and Forchheimer resistance increase, their effect on the average Nusselt number diminishes for varying parameters of radiation. As the Prandtl number increases, the isotherms cluster along the walls (vertical) of the porous cavity. With high Grashof values, convection becomes turbulent, and the temperature distribution becomes non-uniform. Additionally, the entropy caused by heat and fluid friction decreases as the Forchheimer resistance increases.