Unified network model for diffusion of condensable vapors in porous media

AIChE Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-331

  Rajniak, Pavol ^a,c   Yang, Ralph T ^a,b  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED ALUMINA; ADSORPTION; CONDENSATION; DESORPTION; HYSTERESIS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE; SILICA GEL; VAPORS;

BETHE NETWORK; CAPILLARY CONDENSATION; EQUILIBRIUM THEORY; FICKIAN DIFFUSIVITY;

DIFFUSION;

CONDENSABLE; CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH; VAPOURS;

EID: 0030081673     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690420203     Document Type: Article

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