Abstract
In this paper, fluid transport through fibrous porous media is studied by the fractal theory with a focus on the effect of surface roughness of capillaries. A fractal model for Kozeny–Carman (KC) constant and dimensionless permeability of fibrous porous media with roughened surfaces is derived. The determined KC constant and dimensionless permeability of fibrous porous media with roughened surfaces are in good agreement with available experimental data and existing models reported in the literature. It is found that the KC constant of fibrous porous media with roughened surfaces increases with the increase of relative roughness, porosity, area fractal dimension of pore and tortuosity fractal dimension, respectively. Besides, it is seen that the dimensionless permeability of fibrous porous media with roughened surfaces decreases with increasing relative roughness and tortuosity fractal dimension. However, it is observed that the dimensionless permeability of fibrous porous media with roughened surfaces increases with porosity. With the proposed fractal model, the physical mechanisms of fluids transport through fibrous porous media are better elucidated.
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