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The Diffusion of Passive Tracers in Laminar Shear Flow
Published on: May 1, 2018
Deriving time-dependent diffusion and relaxation rate in porous systems using eigenfunctions of the Laplace operator
Matias Nordin1, Martin Nilsson Jacobi, Magnus Nydén
1Applied Surface Chemistry, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, 412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden. matias@chalmers.se
Abstract:
Porous systems are investigated using eigendecomposition of the Laplace matrix. Three parameters; tortuosity, surface-to-pore volume ratio and relaxation rate are derived from the eigenvalue spectrum of the Laplace matrix and connected to the parameters in the Padé approximation, an expression often used to describe the time-dependent diffusion coefficient in porous systems. The Padé length is identified for systems with large pore to connector volume ratio. The results are compared with simulations.
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