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Conc<strong>en</strong>tration of CO 2 in bottom bulb (%)<br />

50.7<br />

50.6<br />

50.5<br />

50.4<br />

50.3<br />

50.2<br />

50.1<br />

50<br />

0 36000 72000 108000 144000<br />

Time (s)<br />

125<br />

Free Fluid<br />

Porous medium, ε=42.55<br />

Porous medium, ε=40.21<br />

Porous medium, ε=28.52<br />

Fig. 4-15. Composition-time history in two-bulb thermal diffusion cell for He-CO2 binary mixture for<br />

0<br />

differ<strong>en</strong>t media .( Δ T = 50K<br />

, T = 323.<br />

7K<br />

and c 50%<br />

)<br />

1 b =<br />

Table 4-8. Measured diffusion coeffici<strong>en</strong>t and thermal diffusion coeffici<strong>en</strong>t for He-CO2 and for differ<strong>en</strong>t<br />

media<br />

particle<br />

diameter<br />

(μm)<br />

Porosity<br />

(%)<br />

D12<br />

(cm 2 /s)<br />

D*/D12<br />

(-)<br />

αT<br />

(-)<br />

DT<br />

(cm 2 /s.K)<br />

DT*/DT<br />

(-)<br />

Free Fluid 100 0.528<br />

1 0.358 0.047 1<br />

750-1000 42.5 0.304<br />

0.627 0.362 0.028 0.61<br />

200-210 40.2 0.320<br />

0.567 0.364 0.027 0.59<br />

Mixture of<br />

spheres<br />

28.5 0.273<br />

0.508 0.363 0.024 0.52<br />

In a second set of thermal diffusion experim<strong>en</strong>ts, we eliminate the valve betwe<strong>en</strong> the two<br />

bulbs in or<strong>de</strong>r to have a shorter relaxation time. In this case, the tube l<strong>en</strong>gth is equal to 4<br />

−4<br />

−2<br />

cm only (calibrated cell constant= 2.<br />

44×<br />

10 cm ) and we filled the system cells with a<br />

0<br />

binary gas mixture ( c 61.<br />

25%<br />

). At the initial state, the whole setup is kept at a<br />

N<br />

2 =<br />

uniform and constant temperature about 325 °K and the composition of the mixture is<br />

uniform everywhere. Th<strong>en</strong>, the temperature of the top bulb is increased to T = 350 °K<br />

H

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