Simulation of heat and moisture transfer in a porous material

Abstract

Abstract The aim of this paper is to present the results of a self-consistent model, which allows describing the evolution of temperature and humidity distributions in a spherical sample of porous clay-like material in drying and cooling processes. Due to the isotropy of the studied material, the solutions obtained are nonlinear radial distributions that change with time. The results are in good agreement with the experimental results obtained in the works of other authors.