Porous media characterization using mercury porosimetry simulation. 2. An iterative method for the determination of the real pore size distribution and the mean coordination number

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 4836-4843

  Mata, V G ^a   Lopes, J C B ^a   Dias, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; PORE SIZE; POROSIMETERS;

COORDINATION NUMBER;

POROUS MATERIALS;

MERCURY; OIL;

ITERATIVE TECHNIQUE; MERCURY; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; POROSITY; ROCK; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0035980329     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0101137     Document Type: Article

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