Determination of the Darcy permeability of porous media including sintered metal plugsSintered-metal porous plugs with a normal size of the order of 1-10 microns are used to evaluate the Darcy permeability of laminar flow at very small velocities in laminar fluids. Porous media experiment results and data adduced from the literature are noted to support the Darcy law analog for normal fluid convection in the laminar regime. Low temperature results suggest the importance of collecting room temperature data prior to runs at liquid He(4) temperatures. The characteristic length diagram gives a useful picture of the tolerance range encountered with a particular class of porous media.
Document ID
19870063478
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Frederking, T. H. K. (California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Hepler, W. A. (California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Yuan, S. W. K. (California Univ. Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Feng, W. F. (California, University Los Angeles, United States)