Characteristics of evaporation from partially wettable porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Shokri, N ^a   Lehmann, P ^a   Or, D ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; EVAPORATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIQUIDS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ABRUPT TRANSITIONS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTHS; CONSTANT RATES; DRIVING FORCES; ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS; EVAPORATION RATES; EVAPORATIVE LOSS; LIQUID FLOWS; LIQUID-PHASE; MASS LOSS RATES; MODEL-BASED; MODELING RESULTS; MORPHOLOGICAL PORE NETWORK MODELS; PERCOLATION MODELS; PHASE DISTRIBUTIONS; POROUS MEDIAS; POROUS SURFACES; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; VAPOR DIFFUSIONS;

VAPORS;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PERCOLATION; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WETTABILITY;

EID: 62949118992     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007185     Document Type: Article

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