An electrochemical method is employed to study experimentally natural convection driven by combined thermal and solutal buoyant forces in a fluid-saturated porous enclosure. The horizontal temperature and concentration gradients are imposed in such a way that their effects on the flow are either opposing or augmenting. The inside temperature profiles and heat and mass transfer characteristics on the vertical walls are experimentally determined. The effects of dimensionless parameter Ra, Le, N on flow, heat and mass transfer are discussed in details.
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