In this first model version, the condensation of vapour is not fully accounted for in terms of

mass conservation: only partially filled throats may be refilled, but not already empty ones.
Though the respective mistake was less than 0.2 % for the given example, the model will be
improved in this sense in the future.

for each liquid cluster k, find meniscus throat

with lowest capillary pressure Pc(rij,Ti)
5 compute cluster evaporation rates
and cluster time steps ∆tmass,k

for min(∆tmass,k,∆theat),
update throat saturations,
6 temperatures Ti and
equilibrium vapor pressures pv*(Ti)

Figure 26: Modification of flow sheet for non-isothermal model (cf. Figure 7).

The non-isothermal model was applied to convection drying of 41×41 networks (initially at
20°C) with absolutely dry air at 80°C; throat length was 500 µm and boundary layer thickness
3.5 mm. The thermal properties of the solid are chosen as for glass: (ρcp)s = 1.7⋅106 J/m3/K
and λs = 1 W/m/K. Drying of two networks is presented: one has a mono-modal throat radius
distribution of mean 40 µm, the other a bimodal one, in which the large throats have a mean
radius of 100 µm and account for 44 % of pore volume. The relative standard deviation of
each mode is 2 %. Figures 27 and 28 show phase distributions and temperature fields. Drying
curves are given in Figure 29, together with corresponding isothermal results (at T = 20°C).

39 34
38 7 70.6
3
36 70.2
35
69.8
34

33
69.4

32

Figure 27: Phase and temperature distributions for mono-modal case at S = 0.86 and 0.55.

26 27.5
2526
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28.5 .5 .5 39.5 38.5
39.5
57.5
27 37.5
36.5 56.5
25.6
55.5
35.5
25.4 54.5
53.5
34.5
25.2
52.5

Figure 28: Phase and temperature distributions for bimodal case at S = 0.8, 0.6, 0.4 and 0.2.