Determination of the moisture transport coefficient from pore network simulations of spontaneous imbibition in capillary porous media

Jabbari, Yasaman; Tsotsas, Evangelos; Kirsch, Christoph; Kharaghani, Abdolreza

doi:10.21256/zhaw-5535

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Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Determination of the moisture transport coefficient from pore network simulations of spontaneous imbibition in capillary porous media
Authors:	Jabbari, Yasaman Tsotsas, Evangelos Kirsch, Christoph Kharaghani, Abdolreza
et. al:	No
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-5535 10.1016/j.ces.2019.07.002
Published in:	Chemical Engineering Science
Volume(Issue):	207
Page(s):	600
Pages to:	610
Issue Date:	2-Jul-2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0009-2509
Language:	English
Subjects:	Spontaneous imbibition; Pore network models; Richards equation; Parameter identification; Scale transition
Subject (DDC):	530: Physics
Abstract:	The Richards model for spontaneous imbibition of a wetting liquid into a porous medium is revisited. Two methods are presented to determine the effective parameter in the Richards equation, i.e. the saturation-dependent moisture transport coefficient D(S), from pore network simulations: The first method employs a quasi-static pore network model (QPNM), whereas the second method uses a dynamic pore network model (DPNM) to estimate D(S) in an inverse approach. The DPNM simulation results serve as a reference to assess the quality of these two parameter estimation methods. It is found that the solution of the Richards equation is very sensitive to D(S), especially when the porous medium is close to fully saturated. While the saturation levels over time obtained from solving the Richards equation with D(S) calculated from the inverse method match well with those from the DPNM, some discrepancy is observed when the QPNM is used to estimate D(S) instead.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/17508
Fulltext version:	Accepted version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International
Restricted until:	2021-07-02
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Computational Physics (ICP)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Jabbari, Y., Tsotsas, E., Kirsch, C., & Kharaghani, A. (2019). Determination of the moisture transport coefficient from pore network simulations of spontaneous imbibition in capillary porous media. Chemical Engineering Science, 207, 600–610. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5535

Jabbari, Y. et al. (2019) ‘Determination of the moisture transport coefficient from pore network simulations of spontaneous imbibition in capillary porous media’, Chemical Engineering Science, 207, pp. 600–610. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5535.

Y. Jabbari, E. Tsotsas, C. Kirsch, and A. Kharaghani, “Determination of the moisture transport coefficient from pore network simulations of spontaneous imbibition in capillary porous media,” Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 207, pp. 600–610, Jul. 2019, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-5535.

JABBARI, Yasaman, Evangelos TSOTSAS, Christoph KIRSCH und Abdolreza KHARAGHANI, 2019. Determination of the moisture transport coefficient from pore network simulations of spontaneous imbibition in capillary porous media. Chemical Engineering Science. 2 Juli 2019. Bd. 207, S. 600–610. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-5535

Jabbari, Yasaman, Evangelos Tsotsas, Christoph Kirsch, and Abdolreza Kharaghani. 2019. “Determination of the Moisture Transport Coefficient from Pore Network Simulations of Spontaneous Imbibition in Capillary Porous Media.” Chemical Engineering Science 207 (July): 600–610. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5535.

Jabbari, Yasaman, et al. “Determination of the Moisture Transport Coefficient from Pore Network Simulations of Spontaneous Imbibition in Capillary Porous Media.” Chemical Engineering Science, vol. 207, July 2019, pp. 600–10, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5535.