A realistic approach for modeling permeability of fibrous media: 3-D imaging coupled with CFD simulation

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 244-252

  Jaganathan, S ^a   Vahedi Tafreshi, H ^b   Pourdeyhimi, B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Commonwealth University   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Digital volumetric imaging; Fibrous porous media; Permeability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DIGITAL VOLUMETRIC IMAGING; FIBROUS POROUS MEDIA;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 36049043843     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.09.020     Document Type: Article

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