The effect of a concentration-dependent viscosity on particle transport in a channel flow with porous walls
We analyse the transport of a dilute suspension of particles through a channel with porous walls accounting for the concentration dependence of the viscosity. Two cases of leakage flow of fluid through the porous channel walls are studied: (i) constant flux, and (ii) dependent on the pressure drop a...
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| author | Herterich, J Griffiths, I Field, R Vella, D |
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| description | We analyse the transport of a dilute suspension of particles through a channel with porous walls accounting for the concentration dependence of the viscosity. Two cases of leakage flow of fluid through the porous channel walls are studied: (i) constant flux, and (ii) dependent on the pressure drop across the wall. The effect of mixing the suspension first compared with point injection is examined by considering inlet concentration distributions of different widths. We find that a pessimal distribution width exists that maximizes the required hydrodynamic pressure for a constant fluid influx. We also show that the presence of an osmotic pressure may lead to fluid being sucked into the channel. We consider how the application of an external hydrodynamic pressure affects this observation and discuss the significance of our results for water filtration. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:5f07047c-5a94-45f3-b681-dd14220644d52022-03-26T17:44:16ZThe effect of a concentration-dependent viscosity on particle transport in a channel flow with porous wallsJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5f07047c-5a94-45f3-b681-dd14220644d5Mathematical Institute - ePrints2013Herterich, JGriffiths, IField, RVella, DWe analyse the transport of a dilute suspension of particles through a channel with porous walls accounting for the concentration dependence of the viscosity. Two cases of leakage flow of fluid through the porous channel walls are studied: (i) constant flux, and (ii) dependent on the pressure drop across the wall. The effect of mixing the suspension first compared with point injection is examined by considering inlet concentration distributions of different widths. We find that a pessimal distribution width exists that maximizes the required hydrodynamic pressure for a constant fluid influx. We also show that the presence of an osmotic pressure may lead to fluid being sucked into the channel. We consider how the application of an external hydrodynamic pressure affects this observation and discuss the significance of our results for water filtration. |
| spellingShingle | Herterich, J Griffiths, I Field, R Vella, D The effect of a concentration-dependent viscosity on particle transport in a channel flow with porous walls |
| title | The effect of a concentration-dependent viscosity on
particle transport in a channel flow with porous walls |
| title_full | The effect of a concentration-dependent viscosity on
particle transport in a channel flow with porous walls |
| title_fullStr | The effect of a concentration-dependent viscosity on
particle transport in a channel flow with porous walls |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of a concentration-dependent viscosity on
particle transport in a channel flow with porous walls |
| title_short | The effect of a concentration-dependent viscosity on
particle transport in a channel flow with porous walls |
| title_sort | effect of a concentration dependent viscosity on particle transport in a channel flow with porous walls |
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