Pore-Network Modeling of Isothermal Drying in Porous Media |
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Authors: | A G Yiotis A K Stubos A G Boudouvis I N Tsimpanogiannis Y C Yortsos |
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Institution: | (1) Ag. Paraskevi Attikis, National Center for Scientific Research Demokritos-IPTA, 15310 Athens, Greece;(2) School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 15780 Athens, Greece;(3) Earth & Environmental Sciences Division (EES-6), Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA;(4) Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California, 90089-1211 Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Abstract: | In this paper we present numerical results obtained with a pore-network model for the drying of porous media that accounts for various processes at the pore scale. These include mass transfer by advection and diffusion in the gas phase, viscous flow in the liquid and gas phases and capillary effects at the liquid--gas interface. We extend our work by studying the effect of capillarity-induced flow in macroscopic liquid films that form at the pore walls as the liquid--gas interface recedes. A mathematical model that accounts for the effect of films on the drying rates and phase distribution patterns is presented. It is shown that film flow is a major transport mechanism in the drying of porous materials, its effect being dominant when capillarity controls the process, which is the case in typical applications. |
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Keywords: | drying films corner flow pore network |
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