Electro-hydrodynamic transport in porous materials

Abstract

Depending on the permeability of porous materials, different mass transport mechanisms have to be distinguished. Whereas mass transport through porous media characterized by low permeabilities is governed by diffusion, mass transport through highly permeable materials is governed by advection. Additionally a large number of porous materials are characterized by the presence of surface charge which affects the permeability of the porous medium. Depending on the ion transport mechanism various phenomena such co-ion exclusion, development of diffusion-exclusion potentials, and streaming potentials may be encountered. Whereas these various phenomena are commonly described by means of different, ..