The Relationship between Fractal Properties and Active Porosity of Peat Compositions

Abstract

The article presents the fractal approach to the study of the five peat structure samples. Digital images from natural porous raw peat, intended for fractal studies of the porosity, are proposed. Peat active porosity is used in this study. In this study, the peat active porosity, fractal dimension (D), and their relationship with different peat samples were investigated in an experiment. The results of this study demonstrate that a fractal dimension analysis of peat compositions texture is a useful method for the quantitative description of the active porosity. The received results should be considered in the theoretical and pilot studies connected with physicomechanical processes occurring on the porous surfaces of peat raw materials during its mechanical processing.