Author(s): Ana Barcot; Richa Sharma; Sofia Larsson; Lian Lundy
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Abstract: Porous biopolymer foams derived from seaweed stipes are investigated as candidate materials for Up-flow Sponge-like porous body (SPB) stormwater storage systems. Spontaneous water uptake was quantified using sensitive mass-gain experiments and analysed using a sharp-front imbibition model based on Darcy’s law. Good agreement between experimental measurements and theoretical predictions is observed at early times. Further work is required to capture water uptake at later stages, when the wetting front becomes increasingly diffuse and the sharp-front assumption is no longer valid.
Year: 2026