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Table of Cont<strong>en</strong>ts<br />

1. G<strong>en</strong>eral Introduction ..............................................................2<br />

1.1 Industrial interest of Soret effect ........................................................... 4<br />

1.2 Theoretical Direct numerical solution (DNS) ....................................... 6<br />

1.3 Theoretical upscaling methods .............................................................. 6<br />

1.3.1 Multi-scale, hierarchical system .............................................................. 6<br />

1.3.2 Upscaling tools for porous media ............................................................ 9<br />

1.4 Experim<strong>en</strong>tal methods ......................................................................... 10<br />

1.4.1 Two-bulb method................................................................................... 10<br />

1.4.2 The Thermogravitational Column.......................................................... 12<br />

1.4.3 Thermal Field-Flow Fractionation (ThFFF) .......................................... 13<br />

1.4.4 Forced Rayleigh-Scattering Technique.................................................. 13<br />

1.4.5 The single-beam Z-scan or thermal l<strong>en</strong>s technique ............................... 14<br />

1.5 Conc<strong>en</strong>tration measurem<strong>en</strong>t ................................................................ 14<br />

1.5.1 From the variation of thermal conductivity ........................................... 15<br />

1.5.2 From the variation of viscosity .............................................................. 16<br />

1.5.3 Gas Chromatography (GC) .................................................................... 16<br />

1.5.4 Analysis by mass spectrometer.............................................................. 18<br />

1.6 Conclusion ........................................................................................... 19<br />

2. Theoretical predictions of the effective diffusion and<br />

thermal diffusion coeffici<strong>en</strong>ts in porous media ..........................21<br />

2.1 Introduction.......................................................................................... 25<br />

2.2 Governing microscopic equation......................................................... 27<br />

2.3 Volume averaging method................................................................... 29<br />

2.4 Darcy’s law .......................................................................................... 31<br />

2.4.1 Brinkman term ....................................................................................... 31<br />

2.4.2 No-linear case ........................................................................................ 32<br />

2.4.3 Low permeability correction.................................................................. 33<br />

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