<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the present study, the fluid flow in a periodic, non-isotropic dual scale porous media consisting of permeable square rods in inline arrangement is analyzed to determine permeability, numerically. The continuity and Navier-Stokes equations are solved to obtain the velocity and pressure distributions in the unit structures of the dual scale porous media for flows within Darcy region. Based on the obtained results, the intrinsic inter and intraparticle permeabilities and the bulk permeability tensor of the dual scale porous media are obtained for different values of inter and intraparticle porosities. The study is performed for interparticle porosities between 0.4 and 0.75 and for intraparticle porosities from 0.2 to 0.8. A correlation based on Kozeny-Carman relationship in terms of inter and intraparticle porosities and permeabilities is proposed to determine the bulk permeability tensor of the dual scale porous media.</p></abstract>

In the present study, the fluid flow in a periodic, non-isotropic dual scale porous media consisting of permeable square rods in inline arrangement is analyzed to determine permeability, numerically. The continuity and Navier-Stokes equations are solved to obtain the velocity and pressure distributions in the unit structures of the dual scale porous media for flows within Darcy region. Based on the obtained results, the intrinsic inter and intraparticle permeabilities and the bulk permeability tensor of the dual scale porous media are obtained for different values of inter and intraparticle porosities. The study is performed for interparticle porosities between 0.4 and 0.75 and for intraparticle porosities from 0.2 to 0.8. A correlation based on Kozeny-Carman relationship in terms of inter and intraparticle porosities and permeabilities is proposed to determine the bulk permeability tensor of the dual scale porous media.

A pore scale study on fluid flow through two dimensional dual scale porous media with small number of intraparticle pores

Izmir Institute of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Department, Urla 35430 Izmir, Turkey

Current address: Faculty of Engineering, 3-5-1 Johoku Naka-ku, Hamamatsu, 432-8561 Japan

Current address: Vocational School, Izmir University of Economics, Balcova 35330 Izmir, Turkey

Polish Journal of Chemical Technology

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In the present study, the fluid flow in a periodic, non-isotropic dual scale porous media consisting of permeable square rods in inline arrangement is analyzed...

A pore scale study on fluid flow through two dimensional dual scale porous media with small number of intraparticle pores

Published Online: Apr 04, 2016

Page range: 80 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0013

Keywords
pore level numerical analysis, dual scale porous media, interparticle permeability, intraparticle permeability, bulk permeability

© 2016 Safa Sabet et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A pore scale study on fluid flow through two dimensional dual scale porous media with small number of intraparticle pores

Published Online: Apr 04, 2016

Page range: 80 - 92

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/pjct-2016-0013

Keywordspore level numerical analysis, dual scale porous media, interparticle permeability, intraparticle permeability, bulk permeability

© 2016 Safa Sabet et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pore level numerical analysis, dual scale porous media, interparticle permeability, intraparticle permeability, bulk permeability