The absolute permeability of porous media is an important parameter for various technological applications ranging from ground water hydrology to hydrocarbon recovery microfluidics. We investigate the max-flow min-cut theorem which states that maximum flow through any network exactly sum edge weights define minimum cut. hypothesize can be related a network. find correspondence between measured ...

A method to determine the volumes of ordered mesopores and complementary small pores in polymer-templated ordered mesoporous silicas and organosilicas is proposed on the basis of the existing relation between the pore width and unit cell values obtained by the XRD structure modeling and the adsorption pore volume.

In this study, a recently developed pore network drying model (Metzger et al. 2007a), which accounts for liquid viscosity, is applied to three dimensions for the first time. Isothermal convective drying is simulated for a cubic network (25×25×50) with pore throats of mono-modal radius distribution. The role of liquid viscosity is assessed by comparison with non-viscous drying of the same networ...

Previous studies have shown that the unusually long S5-P linker lining human ether a-go-go related gene's (hERG's) outer vestibule is critical for its channel function: point mutations at high-impact positions here can interfere with the inactivation process and, in many cases, also reduce the pore's K+ selectivity. Because no data are available on the equivalent region in the available K chann...

Continuous filtration of fine particles involves filter cake formation and removal of surface moisture by drawing air through the pore structure network. Conventional network theory can be use to study the phenomena of flow through a porous structure by treating the pores as discrete volumes and connecting these with pore throats as resistances of zero volume. In this regard, analysis of the po...