Moisture effective diffusivity in porous solid mixtures / Difusividade efetiva de agua em misturas de solidos porosos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

RESUMO

Porous solids have been applied in several industrial sectors, mainly as mixture of different solids. The physical characterization as well as the effective diffusivity of these materiaIs are important to the optimization of industrial processes that apply mass transport in porous solids. Investigations about effective diffusivity in solid mixture indicated the necessity of infonnation on the structure of the solids in order to obtain a more adequate model. So, the aims of this work were to detennine the relationship between the physical properties of solid mixtures and their single components, and to test the mathematical model to estimate the effective diffusivity in porous solid mixtures. NaY zeolite, Alumina, Kaolin and Silica were the materiaIs evaluated in this work. The effective diffusivity was detennined from the mo deI that considers tn~ contribution of each mass transfer mechanism involved in porous solids, taking into account the structural properties of the solid. The evaluated properties were: water desorption isothenns, detennined by static method; surface area detennined by the data of the Nitrogen adsorption isothenns using BET method; absolute density detennined by Helium gas picnometry; apparent density calculated by weight and volume of the solid prepared in cylinder shape; partic1e size distributions detennined by laser difratometry; pore size distribution calculated by Kelvin equatioh, from the data of water desorption isothenns; porosity, calculated from the data of apparent and absolute density; tortuosity; intrinsic and relative penneability. Drying experiments were also perfonned to detennine the effective diffusivity to compare to the values calculated with the model. The result showed that the desorption isothenns of the mixtures follow: a simple mixture rule, as a function of mass fraction of the components. The capillary pressure and the relative penneability do not follow a mixing rule, but they present a tendency to behave according to the more microporous component. The water effective diffusivity of single solids calculated by the model did nót agree completely with the experimental results, but the water effective diffusivity ofthe solid mixtures presented satisfactory results for some mixtures, mainly for quatemary ones

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secagem physical properties solidos - propriedades fisicas sorption isotherms capillary pressure permeability permeabilidade adsorção

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