A 3-D VERSION OF TRANSPORE: A COMPREHENSIVE HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER COMPUTATIONAL MODEL FOR SIMULATING THE DRYING OF POROUS MEDIA

摘要

The coupled and highly non-linear nature of the transport equations that govern the drying process highlights the applicability of numerical simulation in this field. This work is devoted to presenting the latest version of TransPore: a unique 3-D drying model that is able to deal with the heat and mass transfer in porous media. The set of equations used in the present work is among the more comprehensive physical descriptions for the drying of a porous medium modelled at the macroscopic scale.