Paper Title
Thermal Equilibrium Assumption For Fluid Flow In Porous Micro-Channel As Described By A Hyperbolic Heat-Conduction Model
Abstract
Unsteady homogeneous composite domain thermal performance described by the hyperbolic model of heatconduction
(HHC) in porous micro-channel is investigated. A solid domain (inserts) and fluid domain (matrix), each made of
dissimilar material consists a composite domain,. The parameters range of which the use of the assumption of thermally
equilibrium in transient natural convection flow in porous micro-channel which is expressed by a model of HHC is
described. Under the existence of the HHC model, several parameters effects on the assumption of local thermal equilibrium
(LTE) are investigated.
Key words - Heat conduction; composite; porous channel; hyperbolic model; thermal equilibrium assumption.