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APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 10, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/app12105043
Keywords
gel film; finger instability; miscible; finger number; film thickness; finger width; mathematical model
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Funding
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [17H00790, 20J14975]
- Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP)
- InfoSyEnergy Program Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20J14975] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Hydrodynamic fingering induced by gel formation shares common features with growing biofilms, bacterial colonies, and the instability of a confined chemical garden. This study conducted displacement experiments and developed a mathematical model to investigate the effects of gel film formation on the fingering instability of a miscible fluid system.
Hydrodynamic fingering induced by gel formation shares common features with growing biofilms, bacterial colonies, and the instability of a confined chemical garden. Fluid displacement with gel formation is also essential in various engineering applications, including CO2 leakage remediation from storage reservoirs and enhanced oil recovery. We conducted Hele-Shaw cell displacement experiments for a miscible fluid system using skim milk and aqueous citric acid solution. This study aimed to investigate the effects of gel film formation on the fingering instability of a miscible fluid system and develop a mathematical model of the sequential growth of gel film formation at the fingertip. We found that the gel film formation thickens with time, resulting in instability at the interface. A distinctive fingering pattern, resembling tentacles, appears where miscibility is suppressed, and the growth of the finger is localized at the fingertip. The finger width remains constant with increasing flow rate, whereas the number of fingers increases linearly before the fingers merge. The gap width significantly limits the finger width. Finally, a mathematical model of sequential film thickness growth for a bubble-like fingertip structure was developed. This model is based upon the interplay between the diffusion of citric acid through the existing gel film formation and elongation of the fingertip. The model provides an understanding of the fundamental mechanism of the growth of the bubble-like fingertip.
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