FILTRATION COMBUSTION IN HYDROCARBON
DESORPTION FROM A POROUS MEDIUM

S. I. Fut'ko, K. V. Dobrego, E. S. Shmelev, A. V. Suvorov, 
and S. A. Zhdanok

UDC 536:46

We have investigated theoretically and experimentally 
the process of filtration combustion with hydrocarbon desorption from 
a porous skeleton realized, in particular, in heat cleaning of porous 
media out of residues of organic impurities. The problem on the wave 
of such a combustion in a system with three phases - gaseous, 
liquid, and inert solid - has been solved analytically. The specific 
features of this process as compared to the traditional process of 
filtration combustion of gases have been revealed. The dependences 
of the basic characteristics of the waves on the content of methane 
in the gas mixture as well as of oil and water in a porous medium 
have been obtained. A comparison with the experimental data has been 
made. Recommendations for optimizing the operation of decontamination 
plants on the basis of the process considered are given.

A. V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National 
Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 15 P. Brovka Str., Minsk, 220072, 
Belarus. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 76, 
No. 6, pp. 88-96, November-December, 2003. Original article 
submitted April 28, 2003.