Estimating of Non-Darcy Flow Coefficient in Artificial Porous Media

Abadelhalim Elsanoose, Ekhwaiter Abobaker, Faisal Khan, Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Amer Aborig and Stephen D. Butt
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Abadelhalim Elsanoose: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
Ekhwaiter Abobaker: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
Faisal Khan: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
Mohammad Azizur Rahman: Petroleum Engineering, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha 23874, Qatar
Amer Aborig: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada
Stephen D. Butt: Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7, Canada

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-14

Abstract: This study conducted a radial flow experiment to investigate the existence of non-Darcy flow and calculate the non-Darcy “inertia” coefficient; the experiment was performed on seven cylindrical perforated artificial porous media samples. Two hundred thirty-one runs were performed, and the pressure drop was reported. The non-Darcy coefficient β was calculated and compared with available in the literature. The results showed that the non-Darcy coefficient decreased nonlinearly and converged on a value within a specific range as the permeability increased. Nonetheless, it was found that the non-Darcy flow exists even in the very low flow rate deployed in this study. In addition, it has been found that the non-Darcy effect is not due to turbulence but also the inertial effect. The existence of a non-Darcy flow was confirmed for all the investigated samples. The Forchheimer numbers for airflow at varied flow rates are determined using experimentally measured superficial velocity, permeability, and non-Darcy coefficient.

Keywords: porous media; non-Darcy; non-Darcy coefficient; Forchheimer numbers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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