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When the system is isotropic and the physical properties of the two phases are con-
stant, Eqs. (6.271) and (6.272) reduce to
γ β T β β
T σ σ T β β
k β Δ T β β
T σ σ +
=
+
k βσ Δ
ha υ
,
(6.273)
t
and
T σ σ T β β
T σ σ
k σβ Δ T β β
γ σ
T σ σ +
=
k σ Δ
+
ha υ
,
(6.274)
t
where
γ β = ϕ ( ρ
c
) β and
γ σ =(
1
ϕ )( ρ
c
) σ are the
β
-phase and
σ
-phase effective
thermal capacities, respectively,
ϕ
is the porosity, k β and k σ are the effective ther-
mal conductivities of the
β
-and
σ
-phases, respectively, and k βσ =
k σβ
is the cross
effective thermal conductivity of the two phases.
The one-equation model is valid whenever the two temperatures T β β and
T σ σ are sufficiently close to each other so that
T β β
T σ σ =
=
T
.
(6.275)
This local thermal equilibrium is valid when any one of the following three con-
ditions occurs (Quintard and Whitaker 1993, Whitaker 1999): (1) either
β
σ
or
tends to zero, (2) the difference in the
β
-phase and
σ
-phase physical properties
2 tends to zero (e.g.
tends to zero, (3) the square of the ratio of length scales
(
l
βσ /
L
)
βσ = β σ β k σ + σ k β
for steady, one-dimensional heat conduction). Here l 2
/ (
ha υ )
,and L
=
L T L T 1 with L T and L T 1 as the characteristic lengths of
T
and
∇∇
T
,
respectively,
such
that
T
=
O
( Δ
T
/
L T )
and
∇∇
T
=
O
.
When the local thermal equilibrium is valid, Quintard and Whitaker (1993) add
Eqs. (6.271) and (6.272) to obtain a one-equation model
( Δ
T
/
L T 1 L T )
K ef f
C
T
ρ
= ·
·
T
.
(6.276)
t
Here
ρ
is the spatial average density defined by
ρ = β ρ β + σ ρ σ ,
(6.277)
and C is the mass-fraction-weighted thermal capacity given by
= β ( ρ
c
) β + ε σ ( ρ
c
) σ
C
.
(6.278)
β ρ β + σ ρ σ
The effective thermal conductivity tenor is
K ef f =
K ββ +
2 K βσ +
K σσ .
(6.279)
 
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