Thermal diffusion flow analysis in unsaturated loamy soil using UPWIND and QUICK numerical simulation

Abstract

Understanding of energy transport in saturated porous media and unsaturated porous media provides vital information regarding the development of thermal porous reservoirs, industrial filter applications, water reservoirs and low-temperature fluid flow applications. The present paper focus is on presenting the solution of thermal energy diffusion through unsaturated loamy soil using finite difference method approach. The unsteady temperature profile comparison as time function at different spatial locations and as function of spatial location at different time interval are compared using UPWIND and QUICK approach method using thermal diffusion case. MATLAB software is used to simulate above approach for simulation.