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Experimental investigation of the pre–Darcy regime

Konrad Boettcher, Michael‐David Fischer, Tim Neumann, Peter Ehrhard

2022Experiments in Fluids15 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

Abstract The validity of Darcy’s law at very low Reynolds numbers is discussed controversially in literature, as some authors propose a pre–Darcy flow regime below some critical Reynolds number. The scope of this work is to investigate this problem experimentally. Therefore, a packing of glass spheres is perfused by different glycerin–water solutions. A linear behaviour between the flow velocity and the pressure drop through the packed spheres is found in the complete investigated range of Reynolds number $${Re}_{d'}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Re</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:msub> </mml:math> , based on the mean-pore diameter $$d'$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> and mean-pore velocity $$v'$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>v</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:math> with $$10^{-9} \le {Re}_{d'} \le 10^{-1}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>9</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mo>≤</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Re</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>≤</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> . This contradicts the results of different authors like Fand et al. (1987) or Kececioglu and Jiang (1994), postulating a pre–Darcy regime for $${Re}_{d'} \le 2.8 \cdot 10^{-6}$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Re</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>≤</mml:mo> <mml:mn>2.8</mml:mn> <mml:mo>·</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>10</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo>-</mml:mo> <mml:mn>6</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> or $${Re}_{d'} \le 0.13$$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>Re</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mo>′</mml:mo> </mml:msup> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>≤</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.13</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:math> , respectively. Graphical abstract

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