Moisture Transport in Silica Gel Particle Beds: I. Theoretical Study

Technical Report · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/914653· OSTI ID:914653

Pesaran, A A; Mills, A F

Diffusion mechanisms of moisture within silica gel particles are investigated. It is found that for microporous silica gel surface diffusion is the dominant mechanism of moisture transport, while for macroporous silica gel both Knudsen and surface diffusion are important.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 914653
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-252-2388; TRN: US200812%%212
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Work performed by Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado, and School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of California, Los Angeles, California
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
DIFFUSION
MOISTURE
SILICA GEL
TRANSPORT
DIFFUSION MECHANISMS
MICROPOROUS SILICA GEL
MACROPOROUS SILICA GEL
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