Multiphase flow in porous mediaA development history and current status evaluation are presented for the theory of permeability and percolation. The microscale phenomena treated in this field have proven difficult to analyze due both to their tortuous geometry and the influence of capilarity. Capilary effects may be not only important but predominant, and are differentiated into those at the fluid-fluid interface, and those involving the existence of a contact line between the solid substrate and this interface. Percolation theory has been borrowed from physics and adapted to the two-phase engineering context.
Document ID
19880043434
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Adler, Pierre M. (CNRS Laboratoire d'Aerothermique, Meudon, France)
Brenner, Howard (MIT Cambridge, MA, United States)