International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, Vol.39, No.18, 3845-3853, 1996
Influences of Initial Concentration and Supercooling Degree on the Permeability of a Porous-Medium Saturated with Partially Solidified Aqueous-Solution
The permeability of a porous medium in a state of solidification saturated with NaCl-aqueous solution was measured by a transient method, with a varying volume fraction of liquid phase chi, an initial concentration of solution C-i, and a super-cooling degree : of the solution just before start of solidification T-sc. From the results of measurement, it was shown that the permeability was proportional to the nth power function of chi The influence of C-i and T-sc on the permeability was clarified. An empirical equation of the permeability was obtained as a function of chi, C-i and T-sc.
Keywords:RECTANGULAR CELL