Capillary Driven Transport of Liquid between Parallel Perforated Plates.

Intro -- Contents -- Nomenclature -- Introduction -- State of research -- Contact angle -- Capillary transport between smooth walls -- Change of cross sectional area -- Capillary transport in multichannel systems and porous media -- Numerical Methods -- Theoretical background and 1D model -- Geometry -- General assumptions -- Fluids -- Orders of magnitude for dimensionless numbers -- Governing equations -- Control Volumes -- Conservation of mass -- Conservation of linear momentum -- Full momentum equations and reassembling of control volumes -- 1D model -- Inertia -- Kinetic energy -- Pressure boundary condition -- Pressure losses -- Summary of approximation and reduction of terms -- Solving the differential equation -- Experiments -- Experimental setup -- Capsule -- Test cell -- Test geometry -- Test procedure -- Measurement of liquid height and volume -- Calculation of liquid height -- Determination of mean surface velocity -- Experimental and processing uncertainties -- Numerics -- Software package Flow3D -- Representation of solids in Flow3D -- Calculation of the surface of fluids -- Basic fluid flow equations -- Boundary conditions -- Numerical calculation of the experimental set-up -- Grid and boundary conditions -- Initial and closing conditions -- Free surface advection method -- Pressure correction setting -- Other calculation settings -- Results and discussion -- Processed values -- Pressure loss coefficient IL -- Correction factor -- Area porosity of plates -- Perforation diameter -- Plate thickness -- Plate distance -- Perforation alignment -- Number of perforations per row -- Summary of results -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Derivation of 1D model for plates with finite width -- Continuity equation and acceleration -- Kinetic Energy -- Pressure -- Pressure losses -- Time dependent momentum terms -- Experimental test matrix.

Geometrical settings of analysed plates -- Input file used in Flow3D -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Bibliography.

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