Stochastic pore network application

Khalaf, K., 1988, "Application of 3-D stochastic pore networks to FCC particles", Ph D. Thesis, UMIST... 

The parallel bundle, by its nature, cannot give hysteresis or entrapment in porosimetry, and the stochastic pore network indicates that both these phenomena arise from randomness and connections amongst pores. Applications of this simple model to oil-... 

In this section, two examples are presented for the application of a technique of low-melting-point alloy (LMPA) impregnation that provides for a visualization of the invasion of a nonwetting fluid into the pore spaces in a typical porous article. The visualization can be linked to the modeling of mercury porosimeter curves using 3-D stochastic pore networks. This makes the quantification of pore structure more direct. Quantified structures can be visually examined against sample particle sections. The visual comparison can be made more precise by image analysis of the accessible porosity made visible by metal penetration over a series of pressures. 

R. Mann, G.P. Androutsopoulos, and H. Golshan, Application of stochastic pore networks to oil bearing rock with observations relevant to oil recovery, Chem. Eng. Sci. 36 337 (1981). R. Mann and H. Golshan, Application of stochastic pore networks to a catalyst pellet, Chem, Eng. Commun. 12 371 (1981). 

G. Thomson and R. Mann, Application of stochastic pore networks to interpret adsorption isotherms, in Adsorption Science and Technology, E.A. Rodrigues, ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1989, p. 63. 

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