What determines drying rates at the onset of diffusion controlled stage-2 evaporation from porous media?

Water Resources Research

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Shokri, N ^a   Or, D ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOND NUMBERS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; DIFFUSION CONTROLLED; DRYING RATES; EVAPORATION RATE; EVAPORATIVE FLUX; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GLASS BEAD; HIGH EVAPORATION RATE; JUMP LENGTH; LIQUID FLOW; MODEL COMPARISON; PERCOLATION THEORY; POWER LAW; POWER LAW RELATIONSHIP; SECONDARY DRYING; VAPOR DIFFUSION;

DIFFUSION; DRYING; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS; VAPORIZATION; VAPORS;

EVAPORATION;

CAPILLARITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; DIFFUSION; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERCOLATION; POROUS MEDIUM; THEORETICAL STUDY; VAPORIZATION; WATER DEPTH; WATER FLOW;

EID: 80053080865     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010WR010284     Document Type: Article

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