Calculating the Anisotropic Permeability of Porous Media Using the Lattice Boltzmann Method and X-ray Computed Tomography

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 457-472

  Gao, Yuan ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxian ^a   Rama, Pratap ^b   Liu, Ying ^b   Chen, Rui ^b   Ostadi, Hossein ^c   Jiang, Kyle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anisotropic permeability; Fuel cells; Gas diffusion layer; Glass beads; Lattice Boltzmann method; X ray computed micro tomography

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC PERMEABILITY; GAS DIFFUSION LAYER; GLASS BEADS; LATTICE BOLTZMANN METHOD; X-RAY COMPUTED;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FLUID DYNAMICS; FUEL CELLS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; RELAXATION TIME; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY; X RAYS;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; FLOW VELOCITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE GRADIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY PROFILE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84857786891     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-011-9914-7     Document Type: Article

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