Electro-osmosis in kaolinite with pH-dependent surface charge modelling by homogenization

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Sidarta A. Lima²  Marcio A. Murad²  Christian Moyne¹  Didier Stemmelen¹ 

[1] ,Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica LNCC/MCTPetrópolis RJ

关键词: electrical double layer;    electro-osmosis;    homogenization;    kaolinite;    Nernst-Planck;    Poisson-Boltzmann;    dupla camada elétrica;    eletro-osmose;    homogeneização;    caulinita;    Nernst-Planck;    Poisson-Boltzmann;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0001-37652010000100016

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A new three-scale model to describe the coupling between pH-dependent flows and transient ion transport, including adsorption phenomena in kaolinite clays, is proposed. The kaolinite is characterized by three separate nano/micro and macroscopic length scales. The pore (micro)-scale is characterized by micro-pores saturated by an aqueous solution containing four monovalent ions and charged solid particles surrounded by thin electrical double layers. The movement of the ions is governed by the Nernst-Planck equations, and the influence of the double layers upon the flow is dictated by the Helmholtz-Smoluchowski slip boundary condition on the tangential velocity. In addition, an adsorption interface condition for the Na+ transportis postulated to capture its retention in the electrical double layer. Thetwo-scalenano/micro model including salt adsorption and slip boundary condition is homogenized to the Darcy scale and leads to the derivation of macroscopic governing equations. One of the notable features of the three-scale model is there construction of the constitutive law of effective partition coefficient that governs the sodium adsorption in the double layer. To illustrate the feasibility of the three-scale model in simulating soil decontamination by electrokinetics, the macroscopic model is discretized by the finite volume method and the desalination of a kaolinite sample by electrokinetics is simulated.

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