Geometric versus kinetic modelling approach for characterizing porous metal foams

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dc.contributor.authorMare, Esmarien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWoudberg, Soniaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-11T08:00:28Z
dc.date.available2019-12-11T08:00:28Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCITATION: Maré, E. & Woudberg, S. 2019. Geometric versus kinetic modelling approach for characterizing porous metal foams. Wit Transactions on Engineering Sciences, 123(12):191-202, doi:10.2495/MPF190181.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at https://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-engineering-sciences
dc.description.abstractKnowledge of the geometric and kinematic parameters of porous foams are of great importance since it is used in a wide variety of industrial multiphase flow applications that require optimal functionality, e.g. gas filters, heat exchangers and catalyst supports. The large external surface area and high porosity of metal foams provide good chemical resistance, enhanced heat and mass transfer properties and low pressure drops. Four generic geometric models will be considered to characterize the metal foam geometry, namely the cubic unit cell, tetrakaidecahedron, dodecahedron and rectangular representative unit cell (RUC) models, as well as three kinetic approaches from the literature in order to predict the specific surface area (SSA). Two sets of experimental data from the literature will then be compared to the SSA model predictions of the geometric approach and to the SSA values obtained from the kinetic approach. A comparative analysis reveals that the most geometrically complex tetrakaidecahedron model indeed provides the best correspondence with the experimental data for the SSAs, followed by the geometrically simplest RUC model. The latter model, in addition, provides accurate results for the kinetic approach. The advantage of the RUC model is that it is the only geometric model that provides both a geometric and kinetic approach, and, as a result of its relatively simple geometry it is geometrically adaptable towards anisotropy. The Klinkenberg effect will also be considered to determine the influence on the predictions of the SSAs dependency on the permeability coefficients for different fluid phases.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://www.witpress.com/elibrary/wit-transactions-on-engineering-sciences/123/37179
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent12 pages
dc.identifier.citationMaré, E. & Woudberg, S. 2019. Geometric versus kinetic modelling approach for characterizing porous metal foams. Wit Transactions on Engineering Sciences, 123(12):191-202, doi:10.2495/MPF190181
dc.identifier.issn1746-4471
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.2495/MPF190181
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/107338
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherWIT Press
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dc.subjectMetal foams -- Models and modelmakingen_ZA
dc.subjectPorous material -- Models and modelmakingen_ZA
dc.subjectFoamed materials -- Models and modelmakingen_ZA
dc.subjectGeometrical modelsen_ZA
dc.subjectKinetic modelsen_ZA
dc.titleGeometric versus kinetic modelling approach for characterizing porous metal foamsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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