Wicking in Porous Materials

Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches

Reza Masoodi, Krishna M. Pillai (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

380 Seiten

2012
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4398-7432-5 (ISBN)

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A comprehensive presentation of wicking models developed in academia and industry, Wicking in Porous Materials: Traditional and Modern Modeling Approaches contains some of the most important approaches and methods available, from the traditional Washburn-type models to the latest Lattice-Boltzmann approaches developed during the last few years. It provides a sound conceptual framework for learning the science behind different mathematical models while at the same time being aware of the practical issues of model validation as well as measurement of important properties and parameters associated with various models.

Top experts in the field reveal the secrets of their wicking models. The chapters cover the following topics:

Wetting and wettability
Darcy’s law for single- and multi-phase flows
Traditional capillary models, such as the Washburn-equation based approaches
Unsaturated-flow based methodologies (Richard’s Equation)
Sharp-front (plug-flow) type approaches using Darcy’s law
Pore network models for wicking after including various micro-scale fluid-flow phenomena
Studying the effect of evaporation on wicking using pore network models
Fractal-based methods
Modeling methods based on mixture theory
Lattice-Boltzmann method for modeling wicking in small scales
Modeling wicking in swelling and non-rigid porous media

This extensive look at the modeling of porous media compares various methods and treats traditional topics as well as modern technologies. It emphasizes experimental validation of modeling approaches as well as experimental determination of model parameters. Matching models to particular media, the book provides guidance on what models to use and how to use them.

Dr. Krishna M. Pillai is Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dr. Reza Masoodi is a research associate at the Laboratory for Flow and Transport Studies in Porous Media at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Traditional Theories of Wicking: Capillary Models. Wicking in Absorbent Swelling Porous Materials. Evaporation and Wicking. Pore-Network Modeling of Wicking; A Two-Phase Flow Approach. A Fractal Based Approach to Model Wicking. Simulating Fluid Wicking into Porous Media with the Lattice Boltzmann Method.

Zusatzinfo	5 Tables, black and white; 132 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Bosa Roca
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	680 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
	Technik ► Maschinenbau
	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-4398-7432-8 / 1439874328
ISBN-13	978-1-4398-7432-5 / 9781439874325
Zustand	Neuware