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FLUID TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA
Citation:
Brooks, M. C. FLUID TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS MEDIA. Chapter F, Sunggyu Lee (ed.), Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing. CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group, LLC, Boca Raton, FL, (1081):987-996, (2005).
Impact/Purpose:
Objective - to provide a conceptual framework within which to understand the fundamentally important components associated with fluid transport.
Description:
Fluid transport through porous media is a relevant topic to many scientific and engineering fields. Soil scientists, civil engineers, hydrologists and hydrogeologists are concerned with the transport of water, gases and nonaqueous phase liquid contaminants through porous earth materials; petroleum engineers are concerned with the flow of water, gas, and oil trhough production reservoirs; chemical engineers use principles of fluid transport through porous media in the design and operation of chemical reacotrs, and material engineers design and manufacture a variety of porous materials. The topic in general requires an understanding of conceptsfrom a number of disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, engineering, fluid mechanics, microbiology, and geology. Albeit a complex topic, the following four questions can provide a conceptual framework within which to understand the fundamentally important components.
