Drying simulations of various 3D pore structures by a nonisothermal pore network model

Drying Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 615-623

  Surasani, V K ^a   Metzger, T ^a   Tsotsas, E ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary porous media; Invasion percolation; Nonisothermal drying; Phase distributions; Temperature fields

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY-POROUS MEDIA; DRYING PHASE; INVASION PERCOLATION; NONISOTHERMAL; TEMPERATURE FIELD;

CURING; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PORE STRUCTURE; SOLVENTS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 77952664729     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373931003788676     Document Type: Article

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