Three dimensional simulation of thermo-solutal convection in porous media

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Chacha, M.
Dejmek, M.
Saghir, M. Z.

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International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics

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Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Turkey, 19-21 July, 2010.
A 3D simulation model has been developed to investigate the compositional variation inporous media as a result of thermo-solutal convection. The function of thermal diffusion, pressure diffusion, and convection in the compositional separation process is discussed, and a criterion to predict the dominant driving force between thermal diffusion and pressure diffusion can be estimated based on diffusion coefficients and both temperature and pressure gradients. The thermo-solutal convection has strong effect on compositional separation results and causes a vertical compositional distribution against the vertical thermal diffusion in the combined heating case, and this is verified in diffusion flux components analysis.

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Diffusion flux, Thermo-solutal convection

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Chacha, M, Dejmek, M & Saghir, MZ 2010, 'Three dimensional simulation of thermo-solutal convection in porous media', Paper presented to the 7th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Turkey, 19-21 July 2010.