Pore-scale modelling of diffusion in unconsolidated porous structures

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2541-2551

  du Plessis, Elsa ^a   Woudberg, Sonia ^a   Prieur du Plessis, J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Effective diffusion coefficient; Granular materials; Mathematical modelling; Microstructure; Porous media

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC SOLIDS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; DIFFUSIVITY RATIO; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; ISOTROPIC SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL DATA; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PORE-SCALE MODEL; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS STRUCTURES; STAGGERED ARRAYS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL PORES; UNCONSOLIDATED POROUS MEDIA; UNIT CELLS; WEIGHTED AVERAGE MODELS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

DIFFUSION; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POROUS MATERIALS; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 77649183665     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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