Computational Determination of Volume Averaged Transport Properties of Heat and Fluid Flow in Porous Media by Using Microtomography Images

Abstract

In this study, the theory and techniques for obtaining VAM (Volume Average Theory) transport properties of a porous medium from micro-tomography images are described. The validation of the results with reported experimental or numerical values in literature may not be sufficient, hence a comprehensive attention is paid to the techniques that can be used for verification of the obtained numerical results at each step of this long computational process. The suggested verification techniques are categorized and explained in details. © 2017, Begell House Inc. All Rights Reserved.