Analysis of combined fully-developed natural convection heat and mass transfer between two inclined parallel plates

Abstract Fully-developed, combined, natural convection heat and mass transfer in an inclined open-ended channel is analyzed. General solutions to the governing equations are given and the conditions of existence of solutions are determined for all Lewis numbers. The results include expressions for the flow rate, Nusselt number and Sherwood number. Two examples illustrating the use of the general solutions are also presented.

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