ABSTRACT
The topic of thermal convection and multiphase transport in porous media has gained increasing research interest during the past two decades. This is due to the presence of porous media in a wide range of geophysical and engineering applications of current interest. These applications include, but are not limited to, geothermal energy extraction, drying processes (wood and food products), oil reservoir engineering, groundwater contamination, thermal energy storage, storage of radioactive nuclear waste materials, heat pipes, building insulation, metal casting (alloy solidification), separation processes in chemical industries, regenerative heat exchangers, simulation of complex structures, and heat transfer enhancement especially in high heat flux applications such as cooling of electronic equipment.
