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6.4 Geothermal Convection in Porous Media

This document summarizes the governing equations for geothermal convection in porous media. It defines key terms like seepage velocity and porosity. The equations account for mass conservation, Darcy's law for momentum conservation, and an energy equation that assumes equal temperature in the solid and fluid phases. Variables like mixture diffusivity and density are defined. The summary states that the key governing equations are for mass conservation, Darcy's law, the energy equation, and an equation of state relating density and temperature.

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6.4 Geothermal Convection in Porous Media

This document summarizes the governing equations for geothermal convection in porous media. It defines key terms like seepage velocity and porosity. The equations account for mass conservation, Darcy's law for momentum conservation, and an energy equation that assumes equal temperature in the solid and fluid phases. Variables like mixture diffusivity and density are defined. The summary states that the key governing equations are for mass conservation, Darcy's law, the energy equation, and an equation of state relating density and temperature.

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1 Lecture Notes on Fluid Dynamics (1.63J/2.21J) by Chiang C.

Mei, 2002

6.4

Geothermal convection in porous media

Motivations: Geothermal Energy, Pipe line in permafrost, thermal stress around buried nuclear waste. S. Chandrasekhar: Hydrodynamic and Hydromagnetic Stabililty, Oxford, 1961. D. A. Nield and A. Bejan, Convection in porous media , Springer-Verlag, 1992. Let us begin with the eective equations over macroscales. Recall the denitions of seepage velocity, u= and of porosity: f Mass conservation for an incompressible uid: n= u = 0 Momentum conservation (Darcy s law) 0 = p u + f g k (6.4.4) (6.4.2) 1 q dV
f

(6.4.1)

(6.4.3)

Inview of the small size of the solid grains heat diuses by conduction almost instantly in time scales of geothermal interest. We therefore assume the temperature in both phases to be equal, Ts = T f = T (6.4.5) The energy conservation law in each phase is : Solid T = (1 n)Ks 2 T (1 n)(C )s t uid: T n(C )f + (C )f u T = nKf 2 T t Adding the two we get the energy equation for the mixture (C )m T + (C )f u T = Km 2 T t

(6.4.6)

(6.4.7)

(6.4.8)

2 where (C )m = (1 n)(C )s + n(C )f , Dening = and m = (C )m (C )f Km (C )f (6.4.10) Km = (1 n)Ks + nKf (6.4.9)

(6.4.11)

as the mixture diusivity, we can rewrite (6.4.8) as T + u T = m 2 T t (6.4.12)

Note: Strictly speaking, the above equation ought to be derived from the microscale considerations, i.e., by homogenization analysis. Equation of state: f = o [1 (T To )] (6.4.13) In summary the governing eqautions are (6.4.3), (6.4.4), (6.4.12) and 6.4.13).

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