Modelling and applications of transport phenomena in porous media. Lecture series presented at the von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Rhode-Saint-Genèse, Belgium, Nov. 30-Dec.4, 1987 (Q1202014)

[The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually.] This book is a collection of lectures delivered by various authors. In chapter I, eight lectures are presented giving all the formulae and boundary conditions under different physical situations for the flows through porous media. This is an important collection for those who want to study and apply for doing research in porous medium flow. More than half the book is devoted to these lectures. In chapter 2, the multiphase flows in porous media are studied. The fluids considered are air, water and oil. In chapter 3, phase change phenomena are discussed relevant to drying of porous solids and freezing of soils. The geothermal applications, the thermally enhanced oil recovery, the underground high level nuclear energy waste disposal are presented further. It is shown that the particle size has a strong effect on the value of the dryout heat flux and that shallow bed and deep beds do not exhibit the same behaviour. Chapter 4 is devoted to an extremely high heat production per unit volume in a fast breeder reactor and hence has a good application in nuclear engineering. Chapter 5 describes the physical aspects of the drying processes most useful in chemical engineering. The last chapter 6 is devoted to the study of flows through porous media using stochastic approach. Fundamental concepts are discussed, and some applications are given. In general, this is a good book for those who want to study the complicated physical situations in porous medium flows.