Numerical simulation of liquid absorption in paper-like swelling porous media

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2536-2544

  Masoodi, Reza ^a,b   Tan, Hua ^a,c   Pillai, Krishna M ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Darcy's law; Finite element method; Imbibition; Paper; Permeability; Swelling; Washburn equation; Wicking

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYL CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE FIBER; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; DARCY'S LAW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT; FUNCTION OF TIME; IMBIBITION; LIQUID ABSORPTION; MATRIX SWELLING; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; PAPER-LIKE; POROUS MEDIUM; SINGLE-PHASE FLOW; SUPER ABSORBENT; TIME VARYING; TIME-DEPENDENT; WASHBURN EQUATION; WICKING;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PAPER; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE; SWELLING; TEXTILE FIBERS;

LIQUIDS;

ABSORPTION; CELLULOSE FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SEEPAGE; SWELLING; TEXTILE FIBERS; TUB SIZED PAPERS;

EID: 84863591814     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12759     Document Type: Article

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