Transport correlation of double-diffusive convection in Darcy-extended porous layer

The characteristics of double-diffusive convection are investigated in an i nitially quiescent, thermally stratified horizontal porous layer. By consid ering Soret effects, a new predictive model for the ionic mass transport co rrelation is developed in a Darcy-extended porous layer by extending the mi cro-turbulence model. These theoretical results are compared with the exper imental results of ionic mass transfer in an electrolyte-saturated porous l ayer with both electrostatic fields and temperature stratification. It is o bserved that the present correlation of the Sherwood number represents the experimental results very well.