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Thermodiffusion effect for a non‐associating mixture in a multi layered system of porous media and fluid layers heated from above
Author(s) -
Jawad H.,
Bataller H.,
Saghir M.Z.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.21809
Subject(s) - thermophoresis , porous medium , materials science , porosity , layer (electronics) , thermodynamics , binary number , temperature gradient , sign (mathematics) , composite material , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , meteorology , nanofluid , physics , arithmetic , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Abstract A numerical simulation has been conducted to investigate the thermodiffusion phenomenon in a porous layer sandwiched between two liquid layers that are wetted with water alcohol mixtures at different water concentrations. Two different binary mixtures with different Soret coefficients have been used in the entire system, one with a negative Soret coefficient and the other one with a positive sign. The results show that the direction of the component migration in a porous layer depends on the sign of the Soret coefficient. For a binary mixture with a negative Soret coefficient, such as 10% isopropanol and 90% water, the heavier species move in the direction of the hot surface, while for a mixture with a positive Soret effect, such as 50% isopropanol and 50% water, the heavier species migrate toward the colder surface. To reduce the gravity effect, the cavity was heated from the top with different temperatures ranging from 5 to 20 K.