NON-DARCIAN FORCED-CONVECTION IN POROUS-MEDIA WITH ANISOTROPIC DISPERSION

Convective heat transfer in a particle packed tube is modeled in this paper. Axial and radial dispersion are both included in the governing equations. Results are compared with experimental data, and with previ ously developed models that did not include axial dispersion. It is sh own that heat transfer in the thermally developing region is affected by axial dispersion when Peclet number is smaller than 10. Graphic res ults are provided to show the importance of axial dispersion for vario us Peclet numbers.