The permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models

Realistic porous structures typical of those made by replication of packed beds of spherical particles have been produced by a novel modelling method. Fluid dynamics simulation of the permeability of these structures agrees well with experimental measurements and similar modelling of structures deri...

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Main Authors: Otaru, A.J., Kennedy, Andrew R.
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Published: Elsevier 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34471/
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author Otaru, A.J.
Kennedy, Andrew R.
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description Realistic porous structures typical of those made by replication of packed beds of spherical particles have been produced by a novel modelling method. Fluid dynamics simulation of the permeability of these structures agrees well with experimental measurements and similar modelling of structures derived from X-ray tomographic images. By varying the model structures the “bottleneck” flow concept proposed by analytical models in the literature was substantiated, confirming the high dependence of permeability on the size of the windows connecting the pores but also highlighting the need for accurate determination of the connectivity of the pores for these models to be accurate.
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spelling nottingham-344712020-05-04T18:03:40Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34471/ The permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models Otaru, A.J. Kennedy, Andrew R. Realistic porous structures typical of those made by replication of packed beds of spherical particles have been produced by a novel modelling method. Fluid dynamics simulation of the permeability of these structures agrees well with experimental measurements and similar modelling of structures derived from X-ray tomographic images. By varying the model structures the “bottleneck” flow concept proposed by analytical models in the literature was substantiated, confirming the high dependence of permeability on the size of the windows connecting the pores but also highlighting the need for accurate determination of the connectivity of the pores for these models to be accurate. Elsevier 2016-07-05 Article PeerReviewed Otaru, A.J. and Kennedy, Andrew R. (2016) The permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models. Scripta Materialia, 124 . pp. 30-33. ISSN 1359-6462 Porous Material Modelling Simulation http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359646216302913 doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.06.037 doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.06.037
spellingShingle Porous Material
Modelling
Simulation
Otaru, A.J.
Kennedy, Andrew R.
The permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models
title The permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models
title_full The permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models
title_fullStr The permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models
title_full_unstemmed The permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models
title_short The permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models
title_sort permeability of virtual macroporous structures generated by sphere packing models: comparison with analytical models
topic Porous Material
Modelling
Simulation
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34471/
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https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34471/