Combined Buoyancy Effects of Thermal and Mass Diffusion on Laminar Convection in a Vertical Isothermal Channel

Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer in Inclined Channel With Asymmetrical Conditions

“…In addition, good agreement was found between our calculations and those from Yan and Lin (1989) for mixed convection heat and mass transfer. The details of these validations are presented elsewhere (Ait Hammou et al 2004, Oulaid et al 2010aand 2010b). An additional validation for the specific conditions considered here has been carried out.…”

“…3) and is within the flow reversal zone. It is believed that flow reversal plays a role in the inversion of V e tendency (Oulaid et al 2010a). Finally, as the air moves downstream, it is dehumidified and the mass fraction gradient becomes lower.…”

“…In all cases analyzed in this study, the authors have not detected flow reversal. Combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion on laminar mixed convection in a vertical isothermal channel were also studied by Oulaid et al (2010a). The results show that buoyancy forces decelerate the flow near the channel walls and cause flow reversal.…”

“…In a previous work (Oulaid et al 2010a) we studied combined buoyancy effects of thermal and mass diffusion on laminar mixed convection in a vertical isothermal channel. The results show that buoyancy forces decelerate the flow near the channel walls and cause flow reversal.…”

Mixed Convection Heat and Mass Transfer with Phase Change and Flow Reversal in Channels

“…In the first half of the channel, Nu L is less significant as the channel approaches its vertical position, due to the deceleration of the flow by the opposing buoyancy forces as depicted above. Close to the channel exit, the buoyancy forces magnitude diminishes; hence, Nu L takes relatively greater values for the vertical channel (Oulaid et al, 2010a). Figure 11 show the Sensible Nusselt number at the wet plate of the isothermal asymmetrically wetted channel.…”