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4. Upscaling Adsorbing Solutes: Pore-Network Modeling
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Figure 4.1: A representative domain of the multi-directional network structure
and the coordination number distribution. The average coordination number is
equal to 4.4.
4.2.1 Pore size distributions
In this study, we have used three different networks with different pore-throat
size distributions. All three networks have the same coordination number distribution
and the same pore body size distribution. The radius of pore bodies
is given by an uncorrelated, truncated, lognormal probability distribution with
an average of R = 0.33 mm. The radius of a pore throat is determined from
the sizes of the two terminating pore-bodies. Figure (4.2) shows the distribu-
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