Numerical and experimental network study of evaporation in capillary porous media. Phase distributions

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 51, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 5171-5185

  Laurindo, Joao Borges ^a,b   Prat, Marc ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b IMFT   (France)

Author keywords

Drying; percolation theory; porous media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS;

CAPILLARY POROUS MEDIA; PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MICROMODEL; VISCOUS FORCES;

EVAPORATION;

EVAPORATION; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; PHASE EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

EID: 0030300916     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(96)00341-7     Document Type: Article

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