This reference offers information on the current science and recent advances of wicking in porous materials. The book describes various modeling approaches, traditional and modern, but maintains an emphasis on the modern methodologies.

Dr. Krishna M. Pillai is Associate Professor at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Dr. Reza Masoodi is a research associate at the Laboratory for Flow and Transport Studies in Porous Media at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Traditional Theories of Wicking: Capillary Models. Wicking in Absorbent Swelling Porous Materials. Evaporation and Wicking. Pore-Network Modeling of Wicking; A Two-Phase Flow Approach. A Fractal Based Approach to Model Wicking. Simulating Fluid Wicking into Porous Media with the Lattice Boltzmann Method.