The effects of diffusion mechanism and void structure on transport rates and tortuosity factors in complex porous structures

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2947-2960

  Zalc, Jeffrey M ^a   Reyes, Sebastián C ^b   Iglesia, Enrique ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Monte Carlo; Porous media; Simulation; Tortuosity; Transport processes

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS;

KNUDSEN NUMBER; MOLECULAR COLLISIONS; TORTUOSITY FACTORS; VOID SPACES;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

DIFFUSION; FLUID FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 3042671843     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2004.04.028     Document Type: Article

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