Time‐dependent pressure‐driven flow in a horizontal cylinder filled with a bidisperse porous material

Abstract

AbstractSome properties of time‐dependent that modify Brinkman equations for fluid flow in a cylindrical tube filled with Bidisperse Porous Material are discussed in this article. The fluid velocities through the fracture and porous phases of the Bidisperse Porous Medium (BDPM) resulting from the application of pressure gradient are described by two coupled second‐order partial differential equations. Laplace transform technique, D'Alembert and Riemann‐Sum Approximation Methods are used to obtain a semianalytical solution for the model. The choice of the D'Alembert is made to systematically decouple the coupled governing equations without altering their initial orders. The role of the coupling parameter: The coefficient of momentum transfer in the flow formation is considered. Accordingly, three cases are analyzed: (a) weak coupling which described the fluid flow in the absence of the coupling parameter, (b) the strong coupling resulting from a large value of the coupling parameter , and (c) fluid momentum for any arbitrary value of . It is observed that fluid stability is attained when and are decreased; a finding that agrees with the findings of Nield and Kuznetsov and Magyari. Also, the maximum velocity in the fracture phase of the BDPM is attained when the coefficient of momentum transfer is neglected while an opposing flow formation is demonstrated in the fracture and porous phases of BDPM as is increased.