Gas-phase diffusion in porous media - evaluation of an advective-dispersive formulation and the dusty-gas model for binary mixtures

Journal of Porous Media

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-199

  Webb, Stephen W ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; BINARY MIXTURES; CAPILLARY FLOW; GRAPHITE; HEAT PIPES; HELIUM; KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

ADVECTIVE DISPERSIVE MODELS (ADM); DARCY'S LAW; DUSTY GAS MODELS (DGM); FICK'S LAW; POROSITY TURTOUSITY GAS SATURATION MULTIPLIERS;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

EID: 0032021972     PISSN: 1091028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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