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- Title
Magnetic and Gravitational Convection of Air in a Porous Cubic Enclosure with a Coil Inclined Around the Y Axis.
- Authors
Jiang, Changwei; Feng, Wei; Zhong, Hui; Zhu, Qiangming; Zeng, Junyong
- Abstract
The natural convection heat transfer of air in a porous media can be controlled by gradient magnetic field. Thermomagnetic convection of air in a porous cubic enclosure with an electric coil inclined around the $$Y$$ axis was numerically investigated. The Biot-Savart law was used to calculate the magnetic field. The governing equations in primitive variables were discretized by the finite-volume method and solved by the SIMPLE algorithm. The flow and temperature fields for the air natural convection were presented and the mean Nusselt number on the hot wall was calculated and compared. The results show that both the magnetic force and coil inclination have significant effect on the flow field and heat transfer in a porous cubic enclosure, the natural convection heat transfer of air can be enhanced or controlled by applying gradient magnetic field.
- Subjects
POROUS material testing; DENSITY currents; BIOT-Savart law; MAGNETIC field measurements; CONVECTIVE flow
- Publication
Transport in Porous Media, 2014, Vol 102, Issue 2, p167
- ISSN
0169-3913
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11242-014-0270-2