On natural convection in vertical porous enclosures due to prescribed fluxes of heat and mass at the vertical boundaries (Q1261846)

Unsteady and steady convection in a fluid-saturated, vertical and homogeneous porous enclosure has been studied numerically on the basis of a two-dimensional mathematical model. The buoyancy forces that induce the fluid motion are due to cooperative and constant fluxes of heat and mass on the vertical walls. For the steady state, an analytical solution, valid for stratified flow in slender enclosures, is presented. Scale analysis is applied to the two extreme cases of heat-driven and solute- driven natural convection.