In certain contemporary technologies, porous media with high solid-phase conductivity are impregnated with low-conductivity fluids, e.g., metal and graphite foam cooled by air. For such cases, an approximate analytical model for the developing heat transfer inside a two-dimensional rectangular porous medium subjected to constant heat flux is presented. The model neglects conduction in the fluid and assumes plug flow. The resulting nonthermal-equilibrium equations are solved for the solid and fluid temperatures by separation of variables. The temperatures decay exponentially as the distance from the heated base increases. The effects of the Biot and Peclet numbers are presented. Fully developed heat-transfer conditions are achieved at an axial distance equal to five times the height of the porous medium, with a constant Nusselt number equal to 3.
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