Accurate numerical simulation of moisture front in porous material

Accurate numerical simulation of moisture front in porous material

When comparing measurements to numerical simulations of moisture transfer through porous materials a rush of the experimental moisture front is commonly observed in several works shown in the literature, with transient models that consider only the diffusion process. Thus, to overcome the discrepancies between the experimental and the numerical models, this paper proposes to include the moistur...

Accurate Numerical Simulation of Biobarrier Formation in Porous Media

Biofilm-forming microbes have complex effects on the flow properties of natural porous media. Subsurface biofilms have the potential for biotransformation of organic contaminants to less harmful forms, and also to form biobarriers to inhibit contaminant migration in groundwater. To describe the population distribution and movement of bacteria in porous media, we consider the convection-dispersi...

Numerical Simulation of Combustion with Porous Medium in I.C. Engine

Porous media has interesting features in compared with free flame combustion due to the extended of the lean flammability limits and lower emissions. Advanced new generation of internal combustion (IC) engines are expected to have far better emissions levels both gaseous and particulate matter, at the same time having far lower fuel consumption on a wide range of operating condition. These c...

Numerical Simulation of Heat and Moisture Transfer in Porous Walls with Microencapsulated PCM

Absolute Permeability Calculation by Direct Numerical Simulation in Porous Media

Simulating fluid flow at micro level is an ongoing problem. Simplified macroscopic flow models like Darcy’s law is unable to estimate fluid dynamic properties of porous media. The digital sample reconstruction by high resolution X-ray computed tomography scanning and fluid-dynamics simulation, together with the increasing power of super-computers, allow to carry out pore-scale simulations throu...