%0 Journal Article
%T Poroelastic Modelling of Gravitational Compaction
%A Pieter Broer van der Weg
%J Open Journal of Physical Chemistry
%P 126-169
%@ 2162-1977
%D 2019
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojpc.2019.93008
%X A
dynamic in-silico model captures the kinetics of 1-d gravity driven instabilities,
in gravity or centrifuge, of fluid-infiltrated poroelastic media in a partial
differential equation (<span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">pde</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">). The </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">pde</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> yields the porosity profile over height and
time for the given initial and boundary conditions, during slow compaction in
counter-current fluid drainage. Processes captured are amongst others
sedimentation, creaming and subsidence. The most important limiting
prerequisite is that the incompressible dispersed medium is sufficiently
structured and/or concentrated that it compacts during slow drainage, without
segregation in sizes or in components. For Unilever, </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">modeling</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> of gravitational instability of products is important to
quantify or extrapolate long time </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">behavior</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> during shelf life or use centrifuge data to quickly predict long term shelf
performance of products.</span>
%K Poroelastic
%K Compaction
%K Consolidation
%K Gravity
%K Centrifuge
%K Sedimentation
%K Creaming
%K Subsidence
%K Emulsion
%K Dispersion
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=94307