Clogging of microporous channels networks: role of connectivity and tortuosity

Autor: Patrice Bacchin, K. Glucina, Damien Veyret, Quentin Derekx, Philippe Moulin
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire de génie chimique [ancien site de Basso-Cambo] (LGC), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Laboratoire de Mécanique, Modélisation et Procédés Propres (M2P2), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Polytech Marseille (AMU POLYTECH), Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Suez Environnement, Centre International de Recherche Sur l'Eau et l'Environnement (CIRSEE), Aix-Marseille Université - AMU (FRANCE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS (FRANCE), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - Toulouse INP (FRANCE), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier - UT3 (FRANCE), Polytech'Marseille (FRANCE), SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT (FRANCE), Laboratoire de Génie Chimique (LGC), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National Polytechnique (Toulouse) (Toulouse INP), Université de Toulouse (UT), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse - INPT (FRANCE)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, Springer Verlag, 2014, 17 (1), pp.85-96. ⟨10.1007/s10404-013-1288-4⟩
Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2014, 17 (1), pp.85-96. ⟨10.1007/s10404-013-1288-4⟩
ISSN: 1613-4982
1613-4990
Popis: The aim of this work is to study the pore blocking by the use of microfluidic devices (micro-separators) and numerical simulation approaches. The micro-separators are made in PDMS and are constituted of an array of microchannels 20 micrometers wide with three types of structure: straight microchannels, connected microchannels (or aligned square pillars) and staggered square pillars in order to mimic merely the complexity of the flow encountered in filters or membranes (tortuosity, connectivity between pores). Direct observation with video microscopy of filtrations of 5 micrometers latex particles has been performed to examine the capture of particles. The results show a piling up of particles within the porous media leading to a clogging. The capture efficiency remains low (less than 0.1%). In the case of filtration in the forest of pillars, the capture is faster and arises mainly between the pillars. The increase in tortuosity in the micro-separator leads then to a rise of the clogging. It must be caused by the increase in critical trajectories leading to the capture of particles on the PDMS walls. At the same time, numerical simulations of filtration in parallel with microchannels have been performed in the same flow conditions with GeoDict software. The different kind of experimental deposit structure can be simulated but there is still inaccuracy in the description of the accumulation kinetics. These discrepancies are probably due to the lack of accuracy to depict particle/particle colloidal interactions in simulations and the fact that re-suspension of particles after capture is not well described.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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