Mass and Heat Transport Models for Analysis of the Drying Process in Porous Media: A Review and Numerical Implementation

The modeling and numerical simulation of drying in porous media is discussed in this work by revisiting the different models of moisture migration during the drying process of porous media as well as their restrictions and applications. Among the models and theories, we consider those are ranging fr...

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Main Authors: Hong Thai Vu, Evangelos Tsotsas
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:International Journal of Chemical Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9456418
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description The modeling and numerical simulation of drying in porous media is discussed in this work by revisiting the different models of moisture migration during the drying process of porous media as well as their restrictions and applications. Among the models and theories, we consider those are ranging from simple ones like the diffusion theory to more complex ones like the receding front theory, the model of Philip and de Vries, Luikov’s theory, Krischer’s theory, and finally Whitaker’s model, in which all mass, heat transport, and phase change (evaporation) are taken into account. The review of drying models as such serves as the basis for the development of a framework for numerical simulation. In order to demonstrate this, the system of equations governing the drying process in porous media resulting from Whitaker’s model is presented and used in our numerical implementation. A numerical simulation of drying is presented and discussed to show the capability of the implementation.
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spelling doaj-art-4b1ac17c00d8416a91bc76cd459d8ec42025-08-20T03:36:38ZengWileyInternational Journal of Chemical Engineering1687-806X1687-80782018-01-01201810.1155/2018/94564189456418Mass and Heat Transport Models for Analysis of the Drying Process in Porous Media: A Review and Numerical ImplementationHong Thai Vu0Evangelos Tsotsas1Department of Chemical Process Equipment, School of Chemical Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, VietnamChair of Thermal Process Engineering, Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, GermanyThe modeling and numerical simulation of drying in porous media is discussed in this work by revisiting the different models of moisture migration during the drying process of porous media as well as their restrictions and applications. Among the models and theories, we consider those are ranging from simple ones like the diffusion theory to more complex ones like the receding front theory, the model of Philip and de Vries, Luikov’s theory, Krischer’s theory, and finally Whitaker’s model, in which all mass, heat transport, and phase change (evaporation) are taken into account. The review of drying models as such serves as the basis for the development of a framework for numerical simulation. In order to demonstrate this, the system of equations governing the drying process in porous media resulting from Whitaker’s model is presented and used in our numerical implementation. A numerical simulation of drying is presented and discussed to show the capability of the implementation.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9456418
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title Mass and Heat Transport Models for Analysis of the Drying Process in Porous Media: A Review and Numerical Implementation
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title_short Mass and Heat Transport Models for Analysis of the Drying Process in Porous Media: A Review and Numerical Implementation
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