An empirical correlation for isothermal parallel plate channel completely filled with porous media

Abstract

This study reports a simple empirical correlation for friction factor and Nusselt number for laminar, steady-state, hydraulically and thermally fully developed flow in isothermal parallel plate channel completely filled with porous media. The study is carried out using a finite difference numerical analysis. The Darcy-Brinkman- Forchheimer model is used to model the flow inside the porous media. The empirical correlations are developed to relate friction factor and Nusselt number to Darcy and Forchheimer coefficient.