Convective instability and mass transport of diffusion layers in a Hele-Shaw geometry

Details Convective instability and mass transport of diffusion layers in a Hele-Shaw geometry Convective instability and mass transport of diffusion layers in a Hele-Shaw geometry

2010-11-20

arxiv.org/abs/1011.4619v1

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Fluid Dynamics

4 page, 3 figures

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We consider experimentally the instability and mass transport of a porous-medium flow in a Hele-Shaw geometry. In an initially stable configuration, a lighter fluid (water) is located over a heavier fluid (propylene glycol). The fluids mix via diffusion with some regions of the resulting mixture being heavier than either pure fluid. Density-driven convection occurs with downward penetrating dense fingers that transport mass much more effectively than diffusion alone. We investigate the initial instability and the quasi steady state. The convective time and velocity scales, finger width, wave number selection, and normalized mass transport are determined for 6,000

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