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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Volume 381, Issue 2245, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2022.0178
Keywords
chemo-hydrodynamics; neutralization reaction; immiscible fluids; buoyancy
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This article presents the results of a study on buoyancy-driven instabilities caused by a neutralization reaction in an immiscible two-layer system placed in a vertical Hele-Shaw cell. The flow patterns are predicted by a reaction-induced buoyancy number, which is the ratio of densities between the reaction zone and the lower layer. Experimentally, cellular convection, fingering process, and typical Rayleigh-Taylor convection were observed. A mathematical model considering the water produced during the reaction was developed and explained the persistence of the fingering phenomenon during the collapse of the reaction zone.
This article provides the results of a theoretical and experimental study of buoyancy-driven instabilities triggered by a neutralization reaction in an immiscible two-layer system placed in a vertical Hele-Shaw cell. Flow patterns are predicted by a reaction-induced buoyancy number K rho, which we define as the ratio of densities of the reaction zone and the lower layer. In experiments, we observed the development of cellular convection (K rho <= 1), the fingering process with an aligned line of fingertips at a slightly denser reaction zone (K rho >= 1) and the typical Rayleigh-Taylor convection for K rho > 1. A mathematical model includes a set of reaction-diffusion-convection equations written in the Hele-Shaw approximation. The model's novelty is that it accounts for the water produced during the reaction, a commonly neglected effect. The persisting regularity of the fingering during the collapse of the reaction zone is explained by the dynamic release of water, which compensates for the heavy fluid falling and stabilizes the pattern. Finally, we present a stability map on the plane of the initial concentrations of solutions. Good agreement between the experimental data and theoretical results is observed.This article is part of the theme issue 'New trends in pattern formation and nonlinear dynamics of extended systems'.
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