Application of effective medium approximation for the determination of the permeability of condensable vapours through mesoporous media

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 52, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2837-2844

  Kikkinides, E S ^a   Tzevelekos, K P ^a   Stubos, A K ^a   Kainourgiakis, M E ^a   Kanellopoulos, N K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIMODAL DISTRIBUTION; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION (EMA); EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORY (EMT);

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONDENSATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; LIQUEFACTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE DROP; VAPORS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIA; VAPOURS;

EID: 0031213736     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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