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Zou Y, Yan L, Maillet B, Sidi-Boulenouar R, Brochard L, Coussot P. Critical Role of Boundary Conditions in Sorption Kinetics Measurements. Langmuir 2023; 39:18866-18879. [PMID: 38088832 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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In order to characterize the hygroscopic properties of cellulose-based materials, which can absorb large amounts of water from vapor in ambient air, or the adsorption capacity of pollutants or molecules in various porous materials, it is common to rely on sorption-desorption dynamic tests. This consists of observing the mass variation over time when the sample is placed in contact with a fluid containing the elements to be absorbed or adsorbed. Here, we focus on the case of a hygroscopic material in contact with air at a relative humidity (RH) differing from that at which it has been prepared. We show that the vapor mass flux going out of the sample follows from the solution of a vapor convection-diffusion problem along the surface and is proportional to the difference between the RH of the air flux and that along the surface with a multiplicative factor (δ) depending only on the characteristics of the air flux and the geometry of the system, including the surface roughness. This factor may be determined from independent measurements in which the RH along the surface is known while keeping all other variables constant. Then we show that the apparent sorption or desorption kinetics critically depend on the competition between boundary conditions and transport through the material. For sufficiently low air flux intensities or small sample thicknesses, the moisture distribution in the sample remains uniform and evolves toward the equilibrium with a kinetics depending on the value of δ and the material thickness. For sufficiently high air flux intensities or large sample thicknesses, the moisture distribution is highly inhomogeneous, and the kinetics reflect the ability of water transport by diffusion through the material. We illustrate and validate this theoretical description on the basis of magnetic resonance imaging experiments on drying cellulose fiber stacks.
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- Yuliang Zou
- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne 77420, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne 77420, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne 77420, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne 77420, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne 77420, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne 77420, France
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van Schalkwyk R, Hoffman JE, Hardie AG, van Zyl JL. Soil water dynamics and biomass production of young rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) plants. Sci Rep 2023; 13:15154. [PMID: 37704653 PMCID: PMC10499911 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-41666-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/15/2023] Open
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Rooibos (Aspalathus linearis) is endemic to certain regions of the Western- and Northern Cape of South Africa, where it is also commercially grown. Being low-rainfall regions, information on the soil water balance of rooibos is essential, but such data is limited. Consequently, the effect of inorganic fertilisation and soil depth on soil water dynamics in a young rooibos plantation at Nardouwsberg, Western Cape were studied. Soil water content of plots planted to unfertilised and fertilised plants as well as that of bare soil were determined over the duration of the 2016/17 season. All treatments were replicated on shallow and deep soils sites and plant growth was determined at the end of the season. At the end of the study, the profile soil water content and evapotranspiration of the bare and planted plots were similar which prove that fallowing (water harvesting) is not an option in the sandy soils of this region. With the exception of the 20-30 cm root zone of the planted plots at the deep site, the water content decreased to levels below the permanent wilting point in the soil profile during summer. It was concluded that rooibos plants could survive through an adapted root system. A further survival method was proposed, involving moisture moved through evaporation from the deeper soil layers into the drying-front in the ~ 10-30 cm soil layer where a condensation-evaporation cycle enables rooibos to harvest small amounts of water. The highest shoot biomass with the longest taproot resulted from the unfertilised treatment on the deep soil thanks to higher soil water content, whereas the shoot and root biomass of the fertilised treatment at both sites were low due to high P soil concentration. This study revealed that unfertilised plants on deeper soils result in higher rooibos production under drought conditions.
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- Department of Soil Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Soil Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Department of Soil Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Karna NK, Wohlert J, Hjorth A, Theliander H. Capillary forces exerted by a water bridge on cellulose nanocrystals: the effect of an external electric field. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2023; 25:6326-6332. [PMID: 36779301 DOI: 10.1039/d2cp05563e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Capillary forces play an important role during the dewatering and drying of nanocellulosic materials. Traditional moisture removal techniques, such as heating, have been proved to be deterimental to the properties of these materials and hence, there is a need to develop novel dewatering techniques without affecting the desired properties of materials. It is, therefore, important to explore novel methods for dewatering these high-added-value materials without negatively influencing their properties. In this context, we explore the effect of electric field on the capillary forces developed by a liquid-water bridge between two cellulosic surfaces, which may be formed during the water removal process following its displacement from the interfibrillar spaces. All-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been used to study the influence of an externally applied electric field on the capillary force exerted by a water bridge. Our results suggest that the equilibrium contact angle of water and the capillary force exerted by the water bridge between two nanocellulosic surfaces depend on the magnitude and direction of the externally applied electric fields. Hence, an external electric field can be applied to manipulate the capillary forces between two particles. The close agreement between the capillary forces measured through MD simulations and those calculated through classical equations indicates that, within the range of the electric field applied in this study, Young-Laplace equations can be safely employed to predict the capillary forces between two particles. The present study provides insights into the use of electric fields for drying of nanocellulosic materials.
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- Nabin Kumar Karna
- Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmersplatsen-4, Sweden. .,Wallenberg Wood Science Center, The Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Linköping University, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Wallenberg Wood Science Center, The Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Linköping University, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.,KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmersplatsen-4, Sweden. .,Wallenberg Wood Science Center, The Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Linköping University, SE-10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Chalmers University of Technology, Chalmersplatsen-4, Sweden.
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Maillet B, Sidi-Boulenouar R, Coussot P. Dynamic NMR Relaxometry as a Simple Tool for Measuring Liquid Transfers and Characterizing Surface and Structure Evolution in Porous Media. Langmuir 2022; 38:15009-15025. [PMID: 36468708 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Porous media containing voids which can be filled with gas and/or liquids are ubiquitous in our everyday life: soils, wood, bricks, concrete, sponges, and textiles. It is of major interest to identify how a liquid, pushing another fluid or transporting particles, ions, or nutriments, can penetrate or be extracted from the porous medium. High-resolution X-ray microtomography, neutron imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging are techniques allowing us to obtain, in a nondestructive way, a view of the internal processes in nontransparent porous media. Here we review the possibilities of a simple though powerful technique which provides various direct quantitative information on the liquid distribution inside the porous structure and its variations over time due to fluid transport and/or phase changes. It relies on the analysis of the details of the NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) relaxation of the proton spins of the liquid molecules and its evolution during some process such as the imbibition, drying, or phase change of the sample. This rather cheap technique then allows us to distinguish how the liquid is distributed in the different pore sizes or pore types and how this evolves over time; since the NMR relaxation time depends on the fraction of time spent by the molecule along the solid surface, this technique can also be used to determine the specific surface of some pore classes in the material. The principles of the technique and its contribution to the physical understanding of the processes are illustrated through examples: imbibition, drying or fluid transfers in a nanoporous silica glass, large pores dispersed in a fine polymeric porous matrix, a pile of cellulose fibers partially saturated with bound water, a softwood, and a simple porous inclusion in a cement paste. We thus show the efficiency of the technique to quantify the transfers with a good temporal resolution.
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- Benjamin Maillet
- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Université Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), 77420Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Université Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), 77420Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Université Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), 77420Champs-sur-Marne, France
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Pham ST, Chareyre B, Tsotsas E, Kharaghani A. Pore network modeling of phase distribution and capillary force evolution during slow drying of particle aggregates. POWDER TECHNOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2022.117627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cocusse M, Rosales M, Maillet B, Sidi-Boulenouar R, Julien E, Caré S, Coussot P. Two-step diffusion in cellular hygroscopic (vascular plant-like) materials. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabm7830. [PMID: 35559668 PMCID: PMC9106298 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm7830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Vascular plants, a vast group including conifers, flowering plants, etc., are made of a cellular hygroscopic structure containing water in the form of either free (i.e., in a standard liquid state) or bound (i.e., absorbed in the cell walls) water. From nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, we distinguish the dynamics of bound water and free water in a typical material (softwood) with such a structure, under convective drying. We show that water extraction relies on two mechanisms of diffusion in two contiguous regions of the sample, in which respectively the material still contains free water or only contains bound water. However, in any case, the transport is ensured by bound water. This makes it possible to prolong free water storage despite dry external conditions and shows that it is possible to extract free water in depth (or from large heights) without continuity of the free water network.
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- Marion Cocusse
- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne, France
- Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Group, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech-Univ Gustave Eiffel-CNRS), Champs-sur-Marne, France
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Mahmood HT, Tsotsas E, Kharaghani A. The Role of Discrete Capillary Rings in Mass Transfer From the Surface of a Drying Capillary Porous Medium. Transp Porous Media 2021; 140:351-69. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-021-01635-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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AbstractThe mass exchange between the surface of a model capillary porous medium and the adjacent gas-side boundary layer is studied in the limiting condition of isothermal, slow drying. In order to quantify the role and significance of liquid films in the mass exchange process, three-dimensional pore network Monte Carlo simulations are carried out systematically in the presence and absence of discrete capillary rings. The pore network simulations performed with capillary rings show a noticeable delay in transition from the capillary-supported regime to the diffusion-controlled regime. These simulation results differ significantly from the predictions of classical pore network models without liquid films, and they appear to be more consistent with the experiments conducted with real porous systems. As compared to classical pore network models, the pore network model with rings seems to predict favorably the spatiotemporal evolution of wet and dry patches at the medium surface as well as of their relative contributions to the net mass exchange rate. This is apparent when the analytical solution of the commonly used Schlünder’s model is examined against the numerical simulations conducted using classical and ring pore network models.
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Wang Y, Chu YM, Thaljaoui A, Khan YA, Chammam W, Abbas SZ. A multi-feature hybrid classification data mining technique for human-emotion. BioData Min 2021; 14:21. [PMID: 33781293 PMCID: PMC8008566 DOI: 10.1186/s13040-021-00254-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The ideal treatment of illnesses is the interest of every era. Data innovation in medical care has become extremely quick to analyze diverse diseases from the most recent twenty years. In such a finding, past and current information assume an essential job is utilizing and information mining strategies. We are inadequate in diagnosing the enthusiastic mental unsettling influence precisely in the beginning phases. In this manner, the underlying conclusion of misery expressively positions an extraordinary clinical and Scientific research issue. This work is dedicated to tackling the same issue utilizing the AI strategy. Individuals' dependence on passionate stages has been successfully characterized into various gatherings in the data innovation climate. METHODS A notable AI multi-include cross breed classifier is utilized to execute half and half order by having the passionate incitement as pessimistic or positive individuals. A troupe learning calculation helps to pick the more appropriate highlights from the accessible classes feeling information on online media to improve order. We split the Dataset into preparing and testing sets for the best proactive model. RESULTS The execution assessment is applied to check the proposed framework through measurements of execution assessment. This exploration is done on the Class Labels MovieLens dataset. The exploratory outcomes show that the used group technique gives ideal order execution by picking the highlights' greatest separation. The supposed results demonstrated the projected framework's distinction, which originates from the picking-related highlights chosen by the incorporated learning calculation. CONCLUSION The proposed approach is utilized to precisely and successfully analyze the downturn in its beginning phase. It will assist in the recovery and action of discouraged individuals. We presume that the future strategy's utilization is exceptionally appropriate in all data innovation-based E-medical services for discouraging incitement.
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- Y Wang
- College of Information Science and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Huzhou University, Huzhou, 313000, People's Republic of China. .,Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Mathematical Modeling and Analysis in Engineering, University of Science & Technology, Changsha, 410114, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Computer Science and Information, College of Science at Zulfi, Majmaah University, P.O. Box 66, Al-Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Hazara University Mansehra, Dhodial, Pakistan.
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- Department of Mathematics, College of Science Al-Zulfi, Majmaah University, P.O. Box 66, Al-Majmaah, 11952, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Hazara University Mansehra, Dhodial, Pakistan
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On-time recovery and treatment of disease is always desirable. The use of Machine learning in health-care has grown very fast to diagnosis the different kinds of diseases in the past few years. In such a diagnosis, past and real-time data are playing very crucial role in using data mining techniques. Still, we are lacking in diagnosing the emotional mental disturbance accurately in the early stages. Thus,the initial diagnosis of depression expressively stances a great problem for both,researchers and clinical professionals. We have addressed the said problem in our proposed work using Pipeline Machine Learning technique where people based on emotional stages have been effectively classified into different groups in e-healthcare. To implement Hybrid classification, a well known machine learning multi-feature hybrid classifier is used by having the emotional stimulation in form of negative or positive people. In order to improve classification, an Ensemble Learning Algorithm is used which helps in choosing the more suitable features from the available genres-emotion data on online media. Additionally, Hold out validation method has been to split the dataset for training and testing of the predictive model. Further, performance evaluation measures have been applied to check the proposed system evaluation. This study is done on Genres-Tags MovieLens dataset. The experimental results show that applied ensemble method provides optimal classification performance by choosing the best subset of features. The said results proved the excellency of the proposed system which comes from the choosing most related features selected by the Integrated Learning algorithm. Additionally, suggested approach is used to accurately and effectively diagnose the depression in its early stage. It will help in recovery and treatment of depressed people. We conclude that use of the suggested method is highly suitable in all aspects of e-healthcare for depress stimulation.
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- Asif Khan
- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China
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- Department of Computer Science, Bahria University, Karachi Campus, Pakistan
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China
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Ben Abdelouahab N, Gossard A, Rodts S, Coasne B, Coussot P. Convective drying of a porous medium with a paste cover. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter 2019; 42:66. [PMID: 31123876 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2019-11829-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The convective drying of a composite system made of a porous medium covered with a paste is a situation often encountered with soils, roads, building and cultural heritage materials. Here we discuss the basic mechanisms at work during the drying of a model composite system made of a homogeneous paste covering a simple granular packing. We start by reviewing the rather well-known case of the convective drying of a simple granular packing (i.e. without paste cover), which serves as a reference for physical interpretations. We show that a simple model assuming homogeneous desaturation followed by a progressive development of a dry front from the sample free surface is in agreement with observations of the internal liquid distribution variations in time. In particular, this model is able to reproduce the saturation vs. time curves of various simple granular systems, which supports our understanding of physical mechanisms at work. Then we show the detailed characteristics of drying of initially saturated model composite systems (with kaolin or cellulose paste) with the help of MRI measurements providing the liquid distribution in the sample at different times during the process up to the very last stages of drying. It appears that the granular medium is unaffected (i.e. remains saturated) during an initial period during which the paste shrinks and finally forms a sufficiently rigid porous structure which will not any more shrink later on. Then the drying process is governed by capillary effects down to very low saturation. Over a wide range of saturations both media desaturate homogeneously (within each medium) at different rates which depend on the specific porous structure of the media, so as to maintain capillary equilibrium throughout the sample. During these different stages the drying rate of the whole system remains constant. For sufficiently low saturation in the paste a dry front can develop, both in the paste and the porous medium below, and the drying rate now decreases. These results show that in a drying composite system liquid extraction can occur more or less simultaneously in the different parts of the material up to the very last stages of drying. The corresponding evolution of the distributions of liquid in the different parts of the sample also provides key information for the prediction of ion or particle transport and accumulation in the different parts of a composite system.
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- N Ben Abdelouahab
- Univ. Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-IFSTTAR-CNRS), 77420, Champs sur Marne, France
- CEA, DEN, Univ Montpellier, DE2D, SEAD, Laboratoire des Procédés Supercritiques et de Décontamination, Marcoule, 30207, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA, DEN, Univ Montpellier, DE2D, SEAD, Laboratoire des Procédés Supercritiques et de Décontamination, Marcoule, 30207, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Univ. Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-IFSTTAR-CNRS), 77420, Champs sur Marne, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LIPhy, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-IFSTTAR-CNRS), 77420, Champs sur Marne, France.
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Hristova M, Lesov I, Tcholakova S, Goletto V, Denkov N. From Pickering foams to porous carbonate materials: crack-free structuring in drying ceramics. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Zürcher J, Burg BR, Del Carro L, Studart AR, Brunschwiler T. On the Evaporation of Colloidal Suspensions in Confined Pillar Arrays. Transp Porous Media 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-018-1112-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Attari Moghaddam A, Kharaghani A, Tsotsas E, Prat M. A pore network study of evaporation from the surface of a drying non-hygroscopic porous medium. AIChE J 2017. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Thermal Process Engineering; Otto-von-Guericke University; P.O. 4120, 39106 Magdeburg Germany
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- Thermal Process Engineering; Otto-von-Guericke University; P.O. 4120, 39106 Magdeburg Germany
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- INPT, UPS, IMFT (Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse); Université de Toulouse; Toulouse 31400 France
- CNRS, IMFT; Toulouse 31400 France
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Keita E, Kodger TE, Faure P, Rodts S, Weitz DA, Coussot P. Water retention against drying with soft-particle suspensions in porous media. Phys Rev E 2016; 94:033104. [PMID: 27739845 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.94.033104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Polymers suspended in granular packings have a significant impact on water retention, which is important for soil irrigation and the curing of building materials. Whereas the drying rate remains constant during a long period for pure water due to capillary flow providing liquid water to the evaporating surface, we show that it is not the case for a suspension made of soft polymeric particles called microgels: The drying rate decreases immediately and significantly. By measuring the spatial water saturation and concentration of suspended particles with magnetic resonance imaging, we can explain these original trends and model the process. In low-viscosity fluids, the accumulation of particles at the free surface induces a recession of the air-liquid interface. A simple model, assuming particle transport and accumulation below the sample free surface, is able to reproduce our observations without any fitting parameters. The high viscosity of the microgel suspension inhibits flow towards the free surface and a drying front appears. We show that water vapor diffusion over a defined and increasing length sets the drying rate. These results and model allow for better controlling the drying and water retention in granular porous materials.
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- E Keita
- Experimental Soft Matter Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier, ENPC-IFSTTAR-CNRS, Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Experimental Soft Matter Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier, ENPC-IFSTTAR-CNRS, Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier, ENPC-IFSTTAR-CNRS, Champs-sur-Marne, France
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- Experimental Soft Matter Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier, ENPC-IFSTTAR-CNRS, Champs-sur-Marne, France
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Keita E, Koehler SA, Faure P, Weitz DA, Coussot P. Drying kinetics driven by the shape of the air/water interface in a capillary channel. Eur Phys J E Soft Matter 2016; 39:23. [PMID: 26920526 DOI: 10.1140/epje/i2016-16023-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We look at the drying process in a simple glass channel with dominant capillary effects as is the case in microfluidics. We find drying kinetics commonly observed for confined geometry, namely a constant period followed by a falling rate period. From visualization of the air/water interface with high resolution, we observe that the drying rate decreases without a drying front progression although this is the usually accepted mechanism for confined geometries. We show with FEM that in our specific geometry the falling rate period is due to changes in the shape of the air-water interface at the free surface where most evaporation occurs. Our simulations show that the sensitivity of the drying rate to the shape of the first air-water interface from the sample free surface implies that slight changes of the wetting or pinning conditions can significantly modify the drying rate.
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- Emmanuel Keita
- Laboratoire Navier, Université Paris-Est, Paris, France.
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Physics Department, Harvard University, Boston, USA.
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Physics Department, Harvard University, Boston, USA
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- Laboratoire Navier, Université Paris-Est, Paris, France
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- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Physics Department, Harvard University, Boston, USA
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Yiotis AG, Salin D, Yortsos YC. Pore Network Modeling of Drying Processes in Macroporous Materials: Effects of Gravity, Mass Boundary Layer and Pore Microstructure. Transp Porous Media 2015; 110:175-96. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-015-0529-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Thiery J, Rodts S, Keita E, Chateau X, Faure P, Courtier-Murias D, Kodger TE, Coussot P. Water transfer and crack regimes in nanocolloidal gels. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2015; 91:042407. [PMID: 25974508 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.91.042407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Direct observations of the surface and shape of model nanocolloidal gels associated with measurements of the spatial distribution of water content during drying show that air starts to significantly penetrate the sample when the material stops shrinking. We show that whether the material fractures or not during desiccation, as air penetrates the porous body, the water saturation decreases but remains almost homogeneous throughout the sample. This air invasion is at the origin of another type of fracture due to capillary effects; these results provide insight into the liquid dynamics at the nanoscale.
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- J Thiery
- Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-CNRS-IFSTTAR), Université Paris-Est, Paris, France
- Experimental Soft Matter Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-CNRS-IFSTTAR), Université Paris-Est, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-CNRS-IFSTTAR), Université Paris-Est, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-CNRS-IFSTTAR), Université Paris-Est, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-CNRS-IFSTTAR), Université Paris-Est, Paris, France
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- Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-CNRS-IFSTTAR), Université Paris-Est, Paris, France
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- Experimental Soft Matter Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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- Laboratoire Navier (ENPC-CNRS-IFSTTAR), Université Paris-Est, Paris, France
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Prime N, Housni Z, Fraikin L, Léonard A, Charlier R, Levasseur S. On Water Transfer and Hydraulic Connection Layer During the Convective Drying of Rigid Porous Material. Transp Porous Media 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11242-014-0390-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Lesov I, Tcholakova S, Denkov N. Drying of particle-loaded foams for production of porous materials: mechanism and theoretical modeling. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra44500c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Keita E, Faure P, Rodts S, Coussot P. MRI evidence for a receding-front effect in drying porous media. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2013; 87:062303. [PMID: 23848671 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.87.062303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2012] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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After drying colloidal particles suspended in a porous medium a concentration gradient appears. Using ^{1}H MRI we propose a protocol to observe simultaneously the distributions of air, liquid, and colloid through the unsaturated solid porous structure. Thus we show that the above phenomenon comes from a receding-front effect: The elements migrate towards the free surface of the sample and accumulate in the remaining liquid films. Our understanding of the process makes it possible to establish a simple model without diffusion predicting the drying rate and the concentration distribution in time, in excellent agreement with the experimental observations.
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- E Keita
- Université Paris-Est, Laboratoire Navier (UMR8205), ENPC-IFSTTAR-CNRS, 2 Allée Kepler, Champs sur Marne, France.
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Shokri N, Or D. Drying patterns of porous media containing wettability contrasts. J Colloid Interface Sci 2013; 391:135-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2012.08.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2012] [Revised: 08/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Yiotis AG, Salin D, Tajer ES, Yortsos YC. Drying in porous media with gravity-stabilized fronts: experimental results. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2012; 86:026310. [PMID: 23005857 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.86.026310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Revised: 07/22/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In a recent paper [Yiotis et al., Phys. Rev. E 85, 046308 (2012)] we developed a model for the drying of porous media in the presence of gravity. It incorporated effects of corner film flow, internal and external mass transfer, and the effect of gravity. Analytical results were derived when gravity opposes drying and hence leads to a stable percolation drying front. In this paper, we test the theory using laboratory experiments. A series of isothermal drying experiments in glass bead packings saturated with volatile hydrocarbons is conducted. The transparent glass cells containing the packing allow for the visual monitoring of the phase distribution patterns below the surface, including the formation of liquid films, as the gaseous phase invades the pore space, and for the control of the thickness of the diffusive mass boundary layer over the packing. The experimental results agree very well with theory, provided that the latter is generalized to account for the effects of corner roundness in the film region (which was neglected in the theoretical part). We demonstrate the existence of an early constant rate period (CRP), which lasts as long as the films saturate the surface of the packing, and of a subsequent falling rate period (FRP), which begins practically after the detachment of the film tips from the external surface. During the CRP, the process is controlled by diffusion within the stagnant gaseous phase in the upper part of the cells, yielding a Stefan tube problem solution. During the FRP, the process is controlled by diffusion within the packing, with a drying rate inversely proportional to the observed position of the film tips in the cell. Theoretical and experimental results compare favorably for a specific value of the roundness of the films, which is found to be constant and equal to 0.2 for various conditions, and verify the theoretical dependence on the capillary Ca(f), Bond Bo, and Sherwood Sh numbers.
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- A G Yiotis
- Laboratoire FAST, Universite Pierre & Marie Curie, Universite Paris-Sud, CNRS, Orsay 91405, France
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Yunker PJ, Gratale M, Lohr MA, Still T, Lubensky TC, Yodh AG. Influence of particle shape on bending rigidity of colloidal monolayer membranes and particle deposition during droplet evaporation in confined geometries. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:228303. [PMID: 23003662 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.228303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We investigate the influence of particle shape on the bending rigidity of colloidal monolayer membranes (CMMs) and on evaporative processes associated with these membranes. Aqueous suspensions of colloidal particles are confined between glass plates and allowed to evaporate. Confinement creates ribbonlike air-water interfaces and facilitates measurement and characterization of CMM geometry during drying. Interestingly, interfacial buckling events occur during evaporation. Extension of the description of buckled elastic membranes to our quasi-2D geometry enables the determination of the ratio of CMM bending rigidity to its Young's modulus. Bending rigidity increases with increasing particle anisotropy, and particle deposition during evaporation is strongly affected by membrane elastic properties. During drying, spheres are deposited heterogeneously, but ellipsoids are not. Apparently, increased bending rigidity reduces contact line bending and pinning and induces uniform deposition of ellipsoids. Surprisingly, suspensions of spheres doped with a small number of ellipsoids are also deposited uniformly.
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- Peter J Yunker
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Yiotis AG, Salin D, Tajer ES, Yortsos YC. Analytical solutions of drying in porous media for gravity-stabilized fronts. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2012; 85:046308. [PMID: 22680575 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.85.046308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Revised: 01/11/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We develop a mathematical model for the drying of porous media in the presence of gravity. The model incorporates effects of corner flow through macroscopic liquid films that form in the cavities of pore walls, mass transfer by diffusion in the dry regions of the medium, external mass transfer over the surface, and the effect of gravity. We consider two different cases: when gravity opposes liquid flow in the corner films and leads to a stable percolation drying front, and when it acts in the opposite direction. In this part, we develop analytical results when the problem can be cast as an equivalent continuum and described as a one-dimensional (1D) problem. This is always the case when gravity acts against drying by opposing corner flow, or when it enhances drying by increasing corner film flow but it is sufficiently small. We obtain results for all relevant variables, including drying rates, extent of the macroscopic film region, and the demarkation of the two different regimes of constant rate period and falling rate period, respectively. The effects of dimensionless variables, such as the bond number, the capillary number, and the Sherwood number for external mass transfer are investigated. When gravity acts to enhance drying, a 1D solution is still possible if an appropriately defined Rayleigh number is above a critical threshold. We derive a linear stability analysis of a model problem under this condition that verifies front stability. Further analysis of this problem, when the Rayleigh number is below critical, requires a pore-network simulator which will be the focus of future work.
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- A G Yiotis
- Laboratoire FAST, Université Pierre & Marie Curie, Université d'Orsay Paris-Sud, CNRS, Orsay 91405, France
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