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    Comparative study of radiative effects on double diffusive convection in nongray Air-CO2 mixtures in cooperating and opposing flow
    (Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015) Laouar-Meftah, Siham; Lemonnier, Denis; Saury, Didier; Benbrik, Abderahmane; Cherifi, Mohamed
    This study analyses the effects of nongray gas radiation on double diffusive convection, in a square differentially heated cavity filled with air-CO2 mixtures, when the buoyancy forces (thermal and mass) are cooperating or opposing. The radiative source term in the energy equation is evaluated by the discrete ordinate method (solving the radiative transfer equation) and the SLW spectral model (accounting for real radiative properties of absorbing species). Here, gas absorption varies with the local temperature and concentration of pollutant, which induces a strong direct coupling between the concentration and thermal fields that would not exist with gray gas. Simulations are performed at different concentrations of CO2 corresponding to different flow regimes (thermal, transitional, and mass). Results show the following: (i) in cooperating flow, radiation modifies essentially the heat transfer and the characteristics of temperature and concentration fields; (ii) in opposing flow, radiation effects are more important and depend on the nature of the flow regime
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    Gas radiation effects on opposing double-diffusive convection in a non-gray air–H2O mixture
    (Elsevier, 2014) Laouar-Meftah, Siham; Cherifi, Mohamed; Lemonnier, Denis; Benbrik, Abderahmane
    We studied numerically the effects of gas radiation on double-diffusive convection in a square enclosure filled with a non-gray air–H2O mixture at different concentrations. Uniform temperatures and concentrations are imposed along the two vertical side walls of the enclosure so as to induce opposing thermal and mass buoyancy forces within the fluid. In this work, the radiative aspect of the problem is treated by the discrete ordinate method (to solve the radiative transfer equation) and the SLW spectral model (to account for the radiative properties of the non-gray mixture). Gas absorption varies with the local concentration of H2O, which induces a strong direct coupling between the concentration and thermal fields that otherwise would not exist. Numerical results show that radiative effects on the characteristics of streamline, temperature and concentration fields are important, and depend on the nature of the flow regime (thermal at 5% H2O, transitional at 10% and mass at 25%). The total heat transfer is reduced whatever the flow regime and the mass transfer is also affected, outside the thermal flow