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Weishu Zhao, Marios Ioannidis |
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Transport in Porous Media; Feb2007, Vol. 66 Issue 3, p495-509, 15p |
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Abstract??Steady convective mass transfer to or from fluid interfaces in pores of angular cross-section is theoretically investigated. This situation is relevant to a variety of mass transport process in porous media, including the fate of residual non-aqueous phase liquid ganglia and gas bubbles. The model incorporates the essential physics of capillarity and solute mass transfer by convection and diffusion in corner fluid filaments. The geometry of the corner filaments, characterized by the fluid?fluid contact angle, the corner half-angle and the interface meniscus curvature, is accounted for. Boundary conditions of zero surface shear (?perfect-slip?) and infinite surface shear (?no-slip?) at the fluid?fluid interface are considered. The governing equations for laminar flow within the corner filament and convective diffusion to or from the fluid?fluid interface are solved using finite-element methods. Flow computations are verified by comparing the dimensionless resistance factor and hydraulic conductance of corner filaments against recent numerical solutions by Patzek and Kristensen (J. Colloid Interface Sci236, 305?317 2001). Novel results are obtained for the average effluent concentration as a function of flow geometry and pore-scale Peclet number. These results are correlated to a characteristic corner length and local pore-scale Peclet number using empirical equations appropriate for implementation in pore network models. Finally, a previously published ?2D-slit? approximation to the problem at hand is checked and found to be in considerable error. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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