<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Species separation in heterogeneous porous media is a field of interest of many industrial activities. In our investigation, the effect of a single discrete fracture on the thermosolutal convection coupled with the Soret effect have been analyzed. The main results show that the fracture can greatly affect the behavior of the thermogravitational flow and might play a positive role to the separation caused by the Soret effect. Furthermore, the fracture tilted to the cold wall causes a large separation compared to the one tilted to the hot wall with the same angle. Therefore, the separation process could be greatly improved.</p></abstract>

Species separation in heterogeneous porous media is a field of interest of many industrial activities. In our investigation, the effect of a single discrete fracture on the thermosolutal convection coupled with the Soret effect have been analyzed. The main results show that the fracture can greatly affect the behavior of the thermogravitational flow and might play a positive role to the separation caused by the Soret effect. Furthermore, the fracture tilted to the cold wall causes a large separation compared to the one tilted to the hot wall with the same angle. Therefore, the separation process could be greatly improved.

Thermosolutal Convection in a Porous Medium Cavity Subjected to Heat and Mass Flux: A Discrete Fracture Effect

Energetic and Applied Thermal Laboratory (ETAP), Faculty of Technology

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

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Species separation in heterogeneous porous media is a field of interest of many industrial activities. In our investigation, the effect of a single discrete...

Thermosolutal Convection in a Porous Medium Cavity Subjected to Heat and Mass Flux: A Discrete Fracture Effect

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2020

Pages: 86 - 104

Reçu: 26 nov. 2019

Accepté: 11 oct. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseme-2020-0007

Mots clés
Soret effect, thermodiffusion, permeability, fracture, separation

© 2020 Zakaria Aouf et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Thermosolutal Convection in a Porous Medium Cavity Subjected to Heat and Mass Flux: A Discrete Fracture Effect

Publié en ligne: 31 déc. 2020

Pages: 86 - 104

Reçu: 26 nov. 2019

Accepté: 11 oct. 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/auseme-2020-0007

Mots clésSoret effect, thermodiffusion, permeability, fracture, separation

© 2020 Zakaria Aouf et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Soret effect, thermodiffusion, permeability, fracture, separation