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THE TRANSITION FROM ADVECTION TO DIFFUSION IN
CONVECTION ACROSS A HORIZONTAL PERMEABLE MEMBRANE

G. V. Ramareddy,
Published in National Society of FMFP
2010
Abstract

We study convection driven by an unstable concentration difference across a horizontal permeable membrane due to a layer of brine lying over a layer of water across the membrane. The flow through the membrane changes the phenomena drastically from those in Rayleigh Benard convection; different regimes of convection across the membrane are observed [5]. By using a coarser membrane compared to that by [5], we find a new regime of convection where the Sherwood number scales linearly with the Rayleigh number. The planform plume-structure in this regime is presented. Phenomenology proposed is able to explain the flux scaling in the new regime.

About the journal
JournalFluid Mechanics and Fluid Power conference
PublisherNational Society of FMFP
Open AccessYes