Abstract: In this paper, heat conduction in fractal porous media is analysed and sirnulated by means of the finite volume method. Fractal porous media can be simplified as a kind of binary mix-ture with different thermal conductivities. The calculated results show that heat transfer in fractal porous media is very complicated. Thermal coupling effects between matrix and pore structure are studied. When heat transfer in pore structure is neglected, the effective thermal conductivity in random Sierpinski carpet is shown as the index of matrix, which is in agreetment with Archie's law. All these results are helpful to the understanding heat of transfer mechanism in porous media.

Key words: fractal model, porous media, heat conduction