Year: 2014
Type: preprint
Abstract: In ion-exchange membrane processes, ions and water flow under the influence of gradients in hydrostatic pressure, ion chemical potential, and electrical potential (voltage), leading to solvent flow, ionic fluxes and ionic current. At the outer surfaces of the membranes, electrical double layers (EDLs) are formed (Donnan layers). When a current flows through the membrane, we argue that besides Joule heating in the bulk of the membrane and in the electrolyte outside the membrane, there is also electrostatic heating and cooling in the EDLs. In addition, when fluid flows through a charged membrane, at the outsides of the membrane there is pressure-related heating or cooling due to the osmotic and hydrostatic pressure differences across the EDLs.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2953861834