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SOLID-FLUID VELOCITY
INTERFACE PROFILE

WETTING
FLUID
(PHASE 1)

NON-WETTING
FLUID
(PHASE 2)
SOLID MATRIX
(PHASES) FLUID-FLUID
INTERFACE
Figure 8-9. Particle retention at solid-fluid and fluid-fluid interfaces and the
velocity profiles in multi-phase systems (after Civan, 1994; reprinted by
permission of the U.S. Department of Energy).

i y

FLUID > •';-..
•Phase'2-"-•-•••;' •

SOLID
. . . . . . . . v PARTICLE
•••.••': ••'..' . • •; .-•; \/Phase 1
-

Figure 8-10. A particle stabilized at a fluid-fluid interface (modified after Ivanov
et al., 1986; reprinted by permission of the author and Academic Press; after
Civan, 1994; reprinted by permission of the U.S. Department of Energy).