Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of the Karman Vortex Street on Mass Transfer in Electromembrane Systems

In electromembrane systems, the transfer of ions near ion-exchange membranes causes concentration polarization, which significantly complicates mass transfer. Spacers are used to reduce the effect of concentration polarization and increase mass transfer. In this article, for the first time, a theore...

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Main Authors: Aminat Uzdenova, Anna Kovalenko, Evgeniy Prosviryakov, Makhamet Urtenov
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Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
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author Aminat Uzdenova
Anna Kovalenko
Evgeniy Prosviryakov
Makhamet Urtenov
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description In electromembrane systems, the transfer of ions near ion-exchange membranes causes concentration polarization, which significantly complicates mass transfer. Spacers are used to reduce the effect of concentration polarization and increase mass transfer. In this article, for the first time, a theoretical study is carried out, using a two-dimensional mathematical model, of the effect of spacers on the mass transfer process in the desalination channel formed by anion-exchange and cation-exchange membranes under conditions when they cause a developed Karman vortex street. The main idea is that, when the separation of vortices occurs on both sides in turn from the spacer located in the core of the flow where the concentration is maximum, the developed non-stationary Karman vortex street ensures the flow of the solution from the core of the flow alternately into the depleted diffusion layers near the ion-exchange membranes. This reduces the concentration polarization and, accordingly, increases the transport of salt ions. The mathematical model is a boundary value problem for the coupled system of Nernst–Planck–Poisson and Navier–Stokes equations for the potentiodynamic regime. The comparison of the current–voltage characteristics calculated for the desalination channel with and without a spacer showed a significant increase in the intensity of mass transfer due to the development of the Karman vortex street behind the spacer.
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spelling doaj.art-2ff63f5adc70486f8adf796bfed2a1ce2023-11-17T20:22:59ZengMDPI AGMembranes2077-03752023-03-0113439410.3390/membranes13040394Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of the Karman Vortex Street on Mass Transfer in Electromembrane SystemsAminat Uzdenova0Anna Kovalenko1Evgeniy Prosviryakov2Makhamet Urtenov3Department of Computer Science and Computational Mathematics, Umar Aliev Karachai-Cherkess State University, Karachaevsk 369202, RussiaDepartment of Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence, Kuban State University, Krasnodar 350040, RussiaDepartment of Information Technologies and Control Systems, Ural Federal University the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, 19 Mira St., Ekaterinburg 620049, RussiaDepartment of Applied Mathematics, Kuban State University, Krasnodar 350040, RussiaIn electromembrane systems, the transfer of ions near ion-exchange membranes causes concentration polarization, which significantly complicates mass transfer. Spacers are used to reduce the effect of concentration polarization and increase mass transfer. In this article, for the first time, a theoretical study is carried out, using a two-dimensional mathematical model, of the effect of spacers on the mass transfer process in the desalination channel formed by anion-exchange and cation-exchange membranes under conditions when they cause a developed Karman vortex street. The main idea is that, when the separation of vortices occurs on both sides in turn from the spacer located in the core of the flow where the concentration is maximum, the developed non-stationary Karman vortex street ensures the flow of the solution from the core of the flow alternately into the depleted diffusion layers near the ion-exchange membranes. This reduces the concentration polarization and, accordingly, increases the transport of salt ions. The mathematical model is a boundary value problem for the coupled system of Nernst–Planck–Poisson and Navier–Stokes equations for the potentiodynamic regime. The comparison of the current–voltage characteristics calculated for the desalination channel with and without a spacer showed a significant increase in the intensity of mass transfer due to the development of the Karman vortex street behind the spacer.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/13/4/394electromembrane systemmass transferspacersKarman vortex street
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Anna Kovalenko
Evgeniy Prosviryakov
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Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of the Karman Vortex Street on Mass Transfer in Electromembrane Systems
Membranes
electromembrane system
mass transfer
spacers
Karman vortex street
title Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of the Karman Vortex Street on Mass Transfer in Electromembrane Systems
title_full Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of the Karman Vortex Street on Mass Transfer in Electromembrane Systems
title_fullStr Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of the Karman Vortex Street on Mass Transfer in Electromembrane Systems
title_full_unstemmed Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of the Karman Vortex Street on Mass Transfer in Electromembrane Systems
title_short Mathematical Modeling of the Influence of the Karman Vortex Street on Mass Transfer in Electromembrane Systems
title_sort mathematical modeling of the influence of the karman vortex street on mass transfer in electromembrane systems
topic electromembrane system
mass transfer
spacers
Karman vortex street
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/13/4/394
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