Hawaii Geothermal Project : buoyancy induced flows in a saturated porous medium adjacent to impermeable horizontal surfaces

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Title:	Hawaii Geothermal Project : buoyancy induced flows in a saturated porous medium adjacent to impermeable horizontal surfaces
Authors:	Cheng, Ping Chang, I-Dee
Keywords:	geothermal reservoir impacts Hawaii Geothermal Project groundwater flow Puna
Date Issued:	1975
Publisher:	Hawaii Geothermal Project, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Citation:	Cheng P, Chang ID. 1975. Hawaii Geothermal Project: Buoyancy induced flows in a saturated porous medium adjacent to impermeable horizontal surfaces. Honolulu (HI): University of Hawaii. HGP technical report, 12.
Series:	Hawaii Geothermal Project: Technical Report No. 12
Abstract:	Boundary-layer analysis is performed for the buoyancy-induced flows in a saturated porous medium adjacent to horizontal impermeable surfaces. Similarity solutions are obtained for the convective flow above a heated surface or below a cooled surface, where wall temperature is a power function of distance from the origin. Analytical expressions for boundary layer thickness, local and overall surface heat flux are obtained. Applications to convective flow in a liquid-dominated geothermal reservoir are discussed.
Pages/Duration:	21 pages
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10125/20982
Appears in Collections:	College of Engineering Technical Reports The Geothermal Collection

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