Handbook of Porous Media

General Characteristics and Modeling of Porous Media

Multiscale Modeling of Porous Medium Systems
Amanda L. Dye, James E. McClure, William G. Gray, and Cass T. Miller

Advanced Theories of Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media
S. Majid Hassanizadeh

Characterization of Fractures and Fracture Network of Porous Media
Muhammad Sahimi

Thin Porous Media
Marc Prat and Tristan Agaësse

Magnetically Stabilized and Fluidized Beds in Science and Technology: A Review
Teresa Castelo-Grande, Paulo A. Augusto, Angel M. Estevéz, Domingos Barbosa, Jesus Ma. Rodríguez, Audelino Álvaro, and Cármen Torrente

Lift Generation in Highly Compressible Porous Media: From Red Cells to Skiing to Soft Lubrication
Qianhong Wu

Theoretical Analysis of Transport in Porous Media: Multiequation and Hybrid Models for a Generic Transport Problem with Nonlinear Source Terms
Yohan Davit and Michel Quintard

Porous Media Theory for Membrane Transport Phenomena
A. Nakayama, Y. Sano, T. Nishimura, and K. Nagase

Effective Transport Properties of Porous Media by Modeling
Moran Wang

Effective Transport through Porous Media under Nonequilibrium Relaxation Conditions
Faruk Civan

Modeling Approach for Gradient-Based Motion of Microorganisms in Porous Media and Applications in Biosystems
Zineddine Alloui and Tri Nguyen-Quang

Feedback Control for Promoting or Suppressing the Transition to Weak Turbulence in Porous Media Convection
Peter Vadasz

Advances in Modeling Turbulence Phenomena in Heterogeneous Media: Reactive Systems
Marcelo J.S. de Lemos

Effects of Nanofluids on Convection in Porous Media
A. Nield and A.V. Kuznetsov

Analyzing Nanofluids Suspension Using the Porous Media Interface Heat Transfer Model
Peter Vadasz

Thermal Transport in Highly Porous Cellular Materials
Raymond Viskanta

Convection of a Bingham Fluid in a Porous Medium
Andrew S. Rees

High-Heat-Flux Distributed Capillary Artery Evaporators
Gisuk Hwang, Chanwoo Park, and Massoud Kaviany

Impinging Jets in Porous Media
Bernardo Buonomo, Oronzio Manca, and Sergio Nardini

Thermohydromechanical Behavior of Poroelastic Media
A. Patrick S. Selvadurai

Thermogravitational Diffusion in a Porous Medium Saturated by a Binary Fluid
Abdelkader Mojtabi, Marie Catherine Charrier-Mojtabi, Bilal El Hajjar, and Yazdan Pedram Razi

Digital Petrophysics: Imaging, Modeling, and Experimental Challenges Related to Porous Media in Oil Fields
Peter Tilke

Modeling of Subsurface CO₂ Migration at Geological Carbon Sequestration Sites in Deep Saline Aquifers
Sumit Mukhopadhyay

Groundwater Flows and Velocity Measurements
Shigeo Kimura

Geostatistical Simulation and Reconstruction of Porous Media
Pejman Tahmasebi and Muhammad Sahimi

Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation in the Subsurface: Fundamental Reaction and Transport Processes
James Connolly and Robin Gerlach

Biography

Kambiz Vafai holds a B.Sc (highest honors) in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, and an M.Sc and Ph.D in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Widely published and highly decorated, he currently serves as Distinguished Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Riverside, USA, where he started as the Presidential Chair. Before joining the University of California, Dr. Vafai was with The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA, where he won outstanding research awards in assistant, associate, and full professor categories. He is the fellow of several societies, has graduated numerous Ph.D and M.Sc students, and has supervised many post docs and visiting scholars. Dr. Vafai is the recipient of the ASME Classic Paper Award and the ASME Memorial Award, which are amongst the most prestigious awards in the field of heat transfer. He was given the International Society of Porous Media (InterPore) Highest Award, is the recipient of the 75th Anniversary Medal of the ASME Heat Transfer Division, and holds 12 US patents associated with electronic cooling and medical applications. He is one of the highest cited in his fields of research, using both ISI (Highly Cited Category) and Google Scholar metrics. His research interests include transport through porous media, multiphase transport, aircraft brakes, biomedical applications, microcantilever-based biosensors, biofilms, electronic cooling, macromolecule transport through arteries, cooling enhancement investigations, modeling of tissue and organs, natural convection in complex configurations, analysis of porous insulations, heat flux applications, free surface flows, flat-shaped heat pipes, thermal design and modeling, and feasibility, optimization, and parametric studies for various engineering applications and power electronics.

"… continues the tradition of the first two editions in providing a comprehensive review in each of a number of areas of research into the complex phenomena that comprise transport in porous media. Beginners in any aspect of research into porous media would be remiss not to begin their literature search in these volumes. Article writers, who are world experts in their fields, provide up-to-date reviews of the ‘state of play’ in their selected areas, which cover the spectrum of fundamental modeling and quantitative formulation to practical application of theory. The editor has drawn once again from the deep international reservoir of porous media expertise. The breadth of the contributions, all gathered in one place, provides a valuable resource for researchers at any stage of their research careers."
—Robert McKibbin, Massey University, Albany, New Zealand

"… provides an excellent, up-to-date treatise on the theoretical aspects of single and multiphase flows in porous media. The need to properly extend Darcy’s law is clearly illustrated whereby allowing those in oil reservoir modeling and others dealing with multiphase flow the means for history matching through the employment of solid scientific basis. The sections dealing with thermal transport of simple and complex fluids in porous media together with geological applications will serve well not only the sophisticated practitioner but also the interested beginner in the area of porous media transport."
—Dr. Jacob Masliyah, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

"The book offers an excellent overview of the latest theories on flow, transport, and heat-exchange processes in porous media. It provides a sound basis for students and scientists from various disciplines to gain a profound insight into topical porous-media applications. The contributing authors are all renowned experts in their fields."
—Rainer Helmig, University of Stuttgart, Germany

"The greatest strength of this handbook is its coverage of the muscular and growing field of porous media. This third edition is truly a tour de force of the ideas that account for the vigorous growth of the field, for example, multiscale physics and modeling, advanced theories, fractured media, transport theory, turbulence, nanofluids, cellular materials, groundwater flows, and geological and geothermal applications. … Professor Vafai created an exceptional reference for the field."
—Adrian Bejan, J. A. Jones Distinguished Professor, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

"Those who liked the second edition of this handbook (published now already some ten years ago) will surely be impressed with this new edition. The third edition is certainly not a simple rewrite or superficial update of previous chapters and topics. Many of the authors are different and various topics have been added, with most or all contributions very much geared toward the current state of the art and its application across disciplinary boundaries, including industry."
—Martinus Th. van Genuchten, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Utrecht University, The Netherlands

"This book presents the most interesting leading-edge topics on porous media. You will find what you need in this book when you begin a frontier research about transport phenomena in a porous medium."
—Peixue Jiang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

"This text will make a valuable addition to most researchers’ bookshelves and will most likely stimulate further research efforts in porous media theory."
—J. H. Cushman, President, International Society for Porous Media and University Distinguished Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA