期刊
WATER RESEARCH
卷 46, 期 14, 页码 4521-4531出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.036
关键词
Multi-wall carbon nanotubes; MWCNTs; Tube length; Transport; Retention; Attachment; Straining
资金
- National Science Foundation [CBET-0854136]
- National Institute of Environmental Health, National Institutes of Health [R01-ES016175]
- World Class University (WCU)
- Div Of Civil, Mechanical, & Manufact Inn
- Directorate For Engineering [0963328] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
A series of one-dimensional column experiments was conducted to examine the effects of tube length on the transport and deposition of 4-ethoxybenzoic acid functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in water-saturated porous media. Aqueous MWCNTs suspensions were prepared to yield three distributions of tube lengths; 0.02-1.3 mu m (short), 0.2-7.5 mu m (medium), and 0.2-21.4 mu m (long). Results of the column studies showed that MWCNT retention increased with increasing tube length. Nevertheless, more than 76% of the MWCNT mass delivered to the columns was detected in effluent samples under all experimental conditions, indicating that the functionalized MWCNTs were readily transported through 40-50 mesh Ottawa sand. Examination of MWCNT length distributions in the effluent samples revealed that nanotubes with lengths greater than 8 mu m were preferentially deposited. In addition, measured retention profiles exhibited the greatest MWCNT deposition near the column inlet, which was most pronounced for the long MWCNTs, and decreased sharply with travel distance. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) images showed that MWCNTs were deposited on sand surfaces over the entire column length, while larger MWCNT bundles were retained at grain intersections and near the column inlet. A mathematical model based on clean bed filtration theory (CBFT) was unable to accurately simulate the measured retention profile data, even after varying the weighting function and incorporating a nonuniform attachment rate coefficient expression. Modification of the mathematical model to account for physical straining greatly improved predictions of MWCNT retention, yielding straining rate coefficients that were four orders-of-magnitude greater than corresponding attachment rate coefficients. Taken in concert, these experimental and modeling results demonstrate the potential importance of, and need to consider, particle straining and tube length distribution when describing MWCNT transport in water-saturated porous media. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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