Event 28: Flow and Transport in Industrial Porous Media

Various industrial processes involve porous media flows. Examples are processes in fuel cells, paper making, food quality and safety, filtration, concrete, ceramics, moisture absorbents, to name a few. The common practice in modeling flow and transport in such porous media is to employ the concepts, model, and algorithms developed in geosciences. However, many industrial porous media are significantly different from soil and, correspondingly, flow and transport processes occur in different regimes. Some major examples are: - Constitutive relations (e.g., capillary pressure curve) are obtained under equilibrium conditions whereas many industrial flows are very fast; - Porous media in geosciences are usually hydrophilic; in industrial processes they can be completely or partially hydrophobic; - Chemical reactions usually do not influence flow in geosciences. Often not so in certain industrial processes (e.g. fuel cells, filtration, food industry); - Deformations of soils/rocks are negligible or slow, not always so in industrial flows; - Multiphysics/coupled phenomena are more essential in the industrial flows. - Industrial porous media often have a very wide range of porosity values (1 to 90%). There is a clear need for developing theories, models, and measurement techniques specifically applicable to industrial porous media. Presentations will be 45 minutes each followed by 30 minutes of discussion. Then, at the end of each day, we identify a number of open questions and have a discussion for 90 minutes.

Fellowships

30 fellowships are offered to young participants to attend the workshop. Details concerning application are available here

When

2007-11-12 09:00 to
2007-11-16 18:00

Where

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Contact

S. Majid Hassanizadeh

Contact Email

s.m.hassanizadeh@geo.uu.nl

Contact Phone

+31.30.2537464

For more information, visit
http://www.geo.uu.nl/hydrogeology/eua4x_2/coupledmodel.htm
http://www.geo.uu.nl/hydrogeology