Pore‐to‐mesoscale network modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow in packed beds with application to process design
Ming‐Liang Qu,
Martin J. Blunt,
Xiaolei Fan
et al.
Abstract:A dual‐network model (DNM) representing the topological characteristics of both the pore space and solid fraction of a packed bed was developed to study coupled incompressible water flow and heat transport from the pore‐scale to mesoscale (μm‐cm) with the consideration of temperature‐dependent fluid viscosity. The DNM was validated and used to study the temperature and velocity at the pore scale and their effects on fluid flow and heat transfer. Then the pore volume of the DNM was varied to illustrate the effe… Show more
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