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. 2023 Aug 2;16(15):5414. doi: 10.3390/ma16155414
Greek Letters
α Thermal diffusivity
ΔP Pressure drop
ΔT Temperature difference
ϵ Porosity
κr,nf Relative permeability of the NF
κr,o Relative permeability of the oil
λ Pore-size distribution index
μ Dynamic viscosity
ρ Density
θ Contact angle
Latin Letters
Bc   Square root of the permeability
C   NP concentration
Cp   Specific heat capacity
D   Diffusivity
Dc   Diffusion coefficient
g   Acceleration due to gravity
h   Film thickness
K   Absolute permeability
L   Characteristic length
P   Pressure
Pc   Capillary pressure
Pr   Prandtl number
Re   Reynolds number
Se   Effective saturation
Snf   NF saturation
So   Oil saturation
Srnf   Residual saturation of the NF
Sro   Oil residual saturation
T   Temperature
Tin   Inlet temperature of the NF
Tinit   Initial temperature of the system
t   Time
u   Flow velocity
unf   Input velocity of the inlet fluid
VF   Volume Fraction
Dimensionless Numbers
Bi Biot number
Nu Nusselt number
Pe Peclet number
Pr Prandtl number
Re Reynolds number
Sc Schmidt number
Sh Sherwood number