Particle transport in porous media: The role of inertial effects and path tortuosity in the velocity of the particles

Guido Kampel; Guillermo H. Goldsztein; Juan C. Santamarina

doi:10.1063/1.3263718

Particle transport in porous media: The role of inertial effects and path tortuosity in the velocity of the particles

Guido Kampel^*, Guillermo H. Goldsztein, Juan C. Santamarina

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Fluid in porous media flows through tortuous paths. If the size of the solid particles suspended in the fluid and the fluid velocities are large enough, Brownian motion effects may not be dominant. In this parameter regime, the average velocity of the particles is different than that of the fluid. We obtain the relation between the average velocity of the particles and the average velocity of the fluid in the context of a simple mathematical model and we apply our results to flows near wells.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	194103
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	95
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3263718
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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