Moist Air (Porous Medium)
This subnode defines the properties for the transport of the moist air phase in a porous medium filled with two phases in equilibrium: liquid water and moist air.
Moist Air Properties
This section contains settings for the definition of convective and diffusive vapor transport.
The mass flux of vapor is computed with Darcy’s law. Set the Relative moist air permeability, κrm (dimensionless), that multiplies the permeability in the Darcy’s law to account for the saturation of the moist air phase.
Set the Vapor diffusion coefficient Dv (SI unit: m2/s) for the diffusion of vapor in air. The default value 2.6·105 m²/s is valid at T = 298 K and pmA = 1 atm. You may set a temperature or pressure-dependent diffusion coefficient through the use of the variables mts.T and mts.pmA.
Specify the Effective diffusivity model used to account for the porosity and the tortuosity in the effective diffusion coefficient, Deff (SI unit: m2/s). The available options are Millington and Quirk model (the default), Bruggeman model, Tortuosity model, and No correction.
For the Tortuosity model option, enter a value for the Tortuosity factor τ (dimensionless). The default is 1.
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