Numerical and experimental network study of evaporation in capillary porous media. Drying rates

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2257-2269

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

^a IMFT   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drying; Film flows; Invasion percolation; Pore network; Porous media

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRYING; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

FILM FLOWS; INVASION PERCOLATION;

EVAPORATION;

CAPILLARY; EVAPORATION; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0032569046     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2509(97)00348-5     Document Type: Article

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