Concentration Polarization-based Nonlinear Electrokinetics in Porous Media: Induced-Charge Electroosmosis
- 28 October 2005
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
- Vol. 109 (46), 21481-21485
- https://doi.org/10.1021/jp055491u
Abstract
We have investigated induced-charge electroosmotic flow in a fixed bed of ion-permselective glass beads by quantitative confocal laser scanning microscopy. Externally applied electrical fields induce concentration polarization (CP) in the porous medium due to coupled mass and charge transport normal to the charge-selective interfaces. These data reveal the generation of a nonequilibrium electrical double layer in the depleted CP zones and the adjoining anodic hemispheres of the (cation-selective) glass beads above a critical field strength. This initiates CP-based induced-charge electroosmosis along curved interfaces of the quasi-electroneutral macropore space between glass beads. Caused by mutual interference of resulting nonlinear flow with (flow-inducing) space charge regions, an electrohydrodynamic instability can appear locally and realize turbulent flow behavior at low Reynolds numbers. It is characterized by a local destruction of the CP zones and concomitant removal of diffusion-limited mass transfer. More efficient pore-scale lateral mixing also improves macroscopic transport, which is reflected in the significantly reduced axial dispersion of a passive tracer.Keywords
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