Transient natural convection in stored granular media
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Transient natural convection taking place in an originally isothermal cylinder filled with a porous medium after sudden change of wall temperature is studied experimentally and computationally. A mathematical model is developed, and the parameters influencing natural convection are identified. Results from simulations are compared with experiments allowing for model validation.
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