Uncoupling electrokinetic flow solutions

DOI10.1007/S11004-020-09889-8MaRDI QIDQ2238114zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kristopher L. Kuhlman, Bwalya Malama

Publication date 29 October 2021

Published in Mathematical Geosciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.12841

zbMATH Keywords

eigenvaluegeophysicsstreaming potentialelectroosmosiselectrokineticcoupled processes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Flows in porous media; filtration; seepage (76S05) Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05)

Abstract: The continuum-scale electrokinetic porous-media flow and excess charge redistribution equations are uncoupled using eigenvalue decomposition. The uncoupling results in a pair of independent diffusion equations for "intermediate" potentials subject to modified material properties and boundary conditions. The fluid pressure and electrostatic potential are then found by recombining the solutions to the two intermediate uncoupled problems in a matrix-vector multiply. Expressions for the material properties or source terms in the intermediate uncoupled problem may require extended precision or careful re-writing to avoid numerical cancellation, but the solutions themselves can be computed in typical double precision. The approach works with analytical or gridded numerical solutions and is illustrated through two examples. The solution for flow to a pumping well is manipulated to predict streaming potential and electroosmosis, and a periodic one-dimensional analytical solution is derived and used to predict electroosmosis and streaming potential in a laboratory flow cell subjected to low frequency alternating current and pressure excitation. The examples illustrate the utility of the eigenvalue decoupling approach, repurposing existing analytical solutions and leveraging simpler-to-derive solutions or numerical models for coupled physics.

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• MOOSE
• PFLOTRAN
• MODFLOW-2000
• FiPy
• MODFLOW
• mpmath
• OpenFOAM
• COMSOL
• Mathematica
• LAPACK

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