1. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Experimental results for free convection between horizontal plates in a saturated porous medium. Here Nu, Ram, and Da are scaled to the layer thickness, L. Figure Legend:

2. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Geometry used in the scale analysis of Bejan Figure Legend:

3. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Steady state heat transfer data in water with regression equation, Eq. Figure Legend:

4. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Nusselt numbers of 6 ‐ mm DIA glass particles in water compared with results of Bejan and Cheng and Minkowycz. The two lines for Bejan’s prediction are extreme values based on the aspect ratio pertaining to the present study. Figure Legend:

5. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Steady state temperature profiles as function of longitudinal position with power-law profiles suggested by Cheng and Minkowycz superposed Figure Legend:

6. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Nusselt number for 1.5mm DIA glass particles in water with predictions Figure Legend:

7. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Nusselt number of 14mm DIA steel particles in water compared to predictions. Figure Legend:

8. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Nusselt number of 6mm DIA steel particles in water compared to predictions Figure Legend:

9. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Nusselt numbers for all steady state data by particle type compared to predictions Figure Legend:

10. Date of download: 9/18/2016 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Buoyancy Driven Flow in Saturated Porous Media J. Heat Transfer. 2006;129(6):727-734. doi:10.1115/1.2717937 Nusselt number passed on Rayleigh number for the interstitial fluid (water) with the measured correlation for water, Eq. Figure Legend: