Capillary disconnect during drying in model porous media at different wettability

[EN] We carried out drying studies on a 2.5D micromodel based on a thin section of a carbonate rock to investigate the impact of wettability on the capillary disconnect, the moment when liquid films de-pin from the external evaporating surface. While this is coincident with the transition to low eva...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Rufai, Ayorinde, Crawshaw, John
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/116738
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/116738
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Drying
Dehydration
Dewatering
Emerging technologies
Products quality
Process control
Environmental
Evaporation
Sublimation
Diffusion
Energy
Intensification
Capillary
Liquid films
Micromodel
Wettability
Crystalization
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Sumario:[EN] We carried out drying studies on a 2.5D micromodel based on a thin section of a carbonate rock to investigate the impact of wettability on the capillary disconnect, the moment when liquid films de-pin from the external evaporating surface. While this is coincident with the transition to low evaporation rate (diffusion limited) for deionized-water, our experiments show, the corner wetting films persisted after the transition to low evaporation rate for both water-wet and mixed-wet micromodels for brine, as solid salt continued to build up at the external evaporating surface. Fully oil wet micromodels showed a drying rate transition coincident with de-pinning.