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Nonisothermal moisture transport in hygroscopic building materials: modeling for the determination of moisture transport coefficients

Qin, Menghao ; Belarbi, Rafik ; Ait-Mokhtar, Abdelkarim and Nilsson, Lars-Olof LU (2008) In Transport in Porous Media 72(2). p.255-271
Abstract
A mathematical model for calculating the nonisothermal moisture transfer in building materials is presented in the article. The coupled heat and moisture transfer problem was modeled. Vapor content and temperature were chosen as principal driving potentials. The coupled equations were solved by an analytical method, which consists of applying the Laplace transform technique and the Transfer Function Method. A new experimental methodology for determining the temperature gradient coefficient for building materials was also proposed. Both the moisture diffusion coefficient and the temperature gradient coefficient for building material were experimentally evaluated. Using the measured moisture transport coefficients, the temperature and vapor... (More)
A mathematical model for calculating the nonisothermal moisture transfer in building materials is presented in the article. The coupled heat and moisture transfer problem was modeled. Vapor content and temperature were chosen as principal driving potentials. The coupled equations were solved by an analytical method, which consists of applying the Laplace transform technique and the Transfer Function Method. A new experimental methodology for determining the temperature gradient coefficient for building materials was also proposed. Both the moisture diffusion coefficient and the temperature gradient coefficient for building material were experimentally evaluated. Using the measured moisture transport coefficients, the temperature and vapor content distribution inside building materials were predicted by the new model. The results were compared with experimental data. A good agreement was obtained. (Less)
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Nonisothermal moisture transfer, Modeling, Building materials, Moisture transport coefficients
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Transport in Porous Media
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72
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2
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255 - 271
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Springer
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0169-3913
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10.1007/s11242-007-9148-x
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English
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  abstract     = {{A mathematical model for calculating the nonisothermal moisture transfer in building materials is presented in the article. The coupled heat and moisture transfer problem was modeled. Vapor content and temperature were chosen as principal driving potentials. The coupled equations were solved by an analytical method, which consists of applying the Laplace transform technique and the Transfer Function Method. A new experimental methodology for determining the temperature gradient coefficient for building materials was also proposed. Both the moisture diffusion coefficient and the temperature gradient coefficient for building material were experimentally evaluated. Using the measured moisture transport coefficients, the temperature and vapor content distribution inside building materials were predicted by the new model. The results were compared with experimental data. A good agreement was obtained.}},
  author       = {{Qin, Menghao and Belarbi, Rafik and Ait-Mokhtar, Abdelkarim and Nilsson, Lars-Olof}},
  issn         = {{0169-3913}},
  keywords     = {{Nonisothermal moisture transfer; Modeling; Building materials; Moisture transport coefficients}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{255--271}},
  publisher    = {{Springer}},
  series       = {{Transport in Porous Media}},
  title        = {{Nonisothermal moisture transport in hygroscopic building materials: modeling for the determination of moisture transport coefficients}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11242-007-9148-x}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/s11242-007-9148-x}},
  volume       = {{72}},
  year         = {{2008}},
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