Applied Thermal Engineering 178 (2020) 115612

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Corrigendum

Corrigendum to “Flow and heat transfer simulation in a wall-driven porous T

cavity with internal heat source by multiple-relaxation time lattice
Boltzmann method(MRT-LBM)” [Appl. Therm. Eng. 173 (2020) 115209]
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Ying Zhanga, Yichen Huanga, Meng Xua, Qikun Wana, Wenbin Lia, Yuan Tianb,
a
School of Mechatronics Engineering, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi 330031, China
b
Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD), School of Engineering and Sustainable Development, De Montfort University, Leicester LE1 9BH, England, UK

The authors regret a serious error exists in the above paper. are
The DIMENSIONLESS momentum Eq. (2) in [1] is as follows: ε (dimensionless) υ (m2 sec−1)
[F ] = − u (dimensionless)
∂u u 1 2 K (m2)
+ u·∇ ⎛ ⎞ = −∇ (εp) + ∇u+F ε (dimensionless ) Fε (dimensionless)
∂t ⎝ε⎠ Re (1) − K (m)
|u (dimensionless)| u (dimensionless)
The body force F is (Eq. (4) in [1]) + ε (dimensionless) G (m sec−2)
ευ εFε [F ] = sec−1 + m−1 + m sec−2 (3)
F=− u− |u| u + εG
K K (2)
Eq. (2) is wrong because in Physics it is not allowed to add quan-
where υ (m2sec−1) is the fluid kinematic viscosity, K (m2) is the porous tities with different units. In addition, in a dimensionless equation all
medium permeability, ε (dimensiomless ) is the porosity, terms must be dimensionless. Therefore Eq. (1) is wrong.
Fε (dimensionless ) is a geometric function and G = gβ (T − T0) (m sec−2) The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused.
is the buoyancy force.
Taking into account that Eq. (1) is dimensionless it is rational to References
consider that the velocity u is dimensionless.
Thus the units of the term [1] Y. Zhang, Y. Huang, M. Xu, Q. Wan, W. Li, Y. Tian, Flow and heat transfer simulation
in a wall-driven porous cavity with internal heat source by multiple-relaxation time
ευ εFε
F=− u− |u| u + εG lattice Boltzmann method (MRT-LBM), Appl. Therm. Eng. 173 (2020) 115209.
K K

DOI of original article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2020.115209

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Corresponding author.
E-mail address: yuan.tian@dmu.ac.uk (Y. Tian).

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