An analysis of species separation in a thermogravitational column filled with a porous medium

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 473-486

  Nasrabadi, Hadi ^a   Hoteit, Hussein ^b   Firoozabadi, Abbas ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RESERVOIR ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Multicomponent diffusion in porous media; Natural convection and diffusion; Porous media flow; Thermal diffusion; Thermogravitational column

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; NATURAL CONVECTION; SEPARATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

MULTICOMPONENT DIFFUSION; POROUS MEDIA FLOW; SPECIES SEPARATION; THERMOGRAVITATIONAL COLUMN;

POROUS MATERIALS;

DISPERSIONS; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS; SEPARATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

DIFFUSION; DISPERSION; POROUS MEDIUM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 33947287237     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-006-9037-8     Document Type: Article

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