Comparative Study of Radiative Effects on Double Diffusive Convection in Nongray Air-CO 2 Mixtures in Cooperating and Opposing Flow

Siham Laouar-Meftah, Denis Lemonnier, Didier Saury, Abderrahmane Benbrik and Mohamed Cherifi

Mathematical Problems in Engineering, 2015, vol. 2015, 1-17

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This study analyses the effects of nongray gas radiation on double diffusive convection, in a square differentially heated cavity filled with air-CO 2 mixtures, when the buoyancy forces (thermal and mass) are cooperating or opposing. The radiative source term in the energy equation is evaluated by the discrete ordinate method (solving the radiative transfer equation) and the SLW spectral model (accounting for real radiative properties of absorbing species). Here, gas absorption varies with the local temperature and concentration of pollutant, which induces a strong direct coupling between the concentration and thermal fields that would not exist with gray gas. Simulations are performed at different concentrations of CO 2 corresponding to different flow regimes (thermal, transitional, and mass). Results show the following: (i) in cooperating flow, radiation modifies essentially the heat transfer and the characteristics of temperature and concentration fields; (ii) in opposing flow, radiation effects are more important and depend on the nature of the flow regime.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1155/2015/586913

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