期刊
PHYSICA D-NONLINEAR PHENOMENA
卷 282, 期 -, 页码 39-60出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2014.05.007
关键词
Modified Boltzmann-Poisson equation; MSA; Homogenization; Electro-osmosis
资金
- project DYMHOM (De la dynamique moleculaire, via l'homogeneisation, aux modeles macroscopiques de poroelasticite et electrocinetique) from the program NEEDS (Projet federateur Milieux Poreux MIPOR)
- GdR MOMAS
- GdR PARIS
This paper is devoted to the homogenization (or upscaling) of a system of partial differential equations describing the non-ideal transport of a N-component electrolyte in a dilute Newtonian solvent through a rigid porous medium. Realistic non-ideal effects are taken into account by an approach based on the mean spherical approximation (MSA) model which takes into account finite size ions and screening effects. We first consider equilibrium solutions in the absence of external forces. In such a case, the velocity and diffusive fluxes vanish and the equilibrium electrostatic potential is the solution of a variant of the Poisson-Boltzmann equation coupled with algebraic equations. Contrary to the ideal case, this nonlinear equation has no monotone structure. However, based on invariant region estimates for the Poisson-Boltzmann equation and for small characteristic value of the solute packing fraction, we prove existence of at least one solution. To our knowledge this existence result is new at this level of generality. When the motion is governed by a small static electric field and a small hydrodynamic force, we generalize O'Brien's argument to deduce a linearized model. Our second main result is the rigorous homogenization of these linearized equations and the proof that the effective tensor satisfies Onsager properties, namely is symmetric positive definite. We eventually make numerical comparisons with the ideal case. Our numerical results show that the MSA model confirms qualitatively the conclusions obtained using the ideal model but there are quantitative differences arising that can be important at high charge or high concentrations. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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