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Porous Media

Fluid Transport and Pore Structure

  • 2nd Edition - November 12, 1991
  • Latest edition
  • Author: F. A.L. Dullien
  • Editor: Howard Brenner
  • Language: English

This book examines the relationship between transport properties and pore structure of porous material. Models of pore structure are presented with a discussion of how such models… Read more

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Description

This book examines the relationship between transport properties and pore structure of porous material. Models of pore structure are presented with a discussion of how such models can be used to predict the transport properties of porous media. Portions of the book are devoted to interpretations of experimental results in this area and directions for future research. Practical applications are given where applicable, and are expected to be useful for a large number of different fields, including reservoir engineering, geology, hydrogeology, soil science, chemical process engineering, biomedical engineering, fuel technology, hydrometallurgy, nuclear reactor technology, and materials science.

Key features

  • Presents mechanisms of immiscible and miscible displacement (hydrodynamic dispersion) process in porous media
  • Examines relationships between pore structure and fluid transport
  • Considers approaches to enhanced oil recovery
  • Explores network modeling and perolation theory

Readership

Civil, chemical, and petroleum engineers; geochemists; geophysicists, geologists, and hydrogeologists

Table of contents

Pore Structure
Capillarity in Porous Media
Single-Phase Transport Phenomena in Porous Media
Selected Operations Involving Transport of a Single Fluid Phase through a Porous Medium
Multiphase Flow of Immiscible Fluids in Porous Media
Miscible Displacement and Dispersion

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 12, 1991
  • Language: English

About the editor

HB

Howard Brenner

Affiliations and expertise
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

About the author

FD

F. A.L. Dullien

Affiliations and expertise
University of Waterloo. Ontario, Canada

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