Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Experimental and numerical analysis of mass transfer in a binary mixture with Soret effect in the presence of weak convection

  • Regular Article
  • Published:
The European Physical Journal E Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

One of the targets of the experiment IVIDIL (Influence Vibrations on Diffusion in Liquids) conducted on-board ISS was to study the response of binary mixtures to vibrational forcing when the density gradient results from thermal and compositional variations. Compositional variations were created by the Soret effect and can strengthen or weaken the overall density gradient and, consequently, the response to vibrational forcing. We present the results of two experimental runs conducted on-board ISS in the frame of the experiment IVIDIL for low and strong vibrational forcing. The experimental observations revealed that a significant mean flow is set within 2 minutes after imposing vibrations and later in time it varies weakly and slowly due to the Soret effect. A mathematical model has been developed to compute the thermal and concentration fields in the experiment IVIDIL and verify the accuracy of picture processing based on the classical approach used in non-convective systems with the Soret effect. The effect of temperature and concentrations perturbations by joint action of vibrational convection and Soret effect on long time scale are carefully examined. The model demonstrates that image processing used for non-convective systems is suitable for the systems with vibration-affected thermodiffusion experiment.

Graphical abstract

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. G.Z. Gershuni, D.V. Lyubimov, Thermal Vibrational Convection (Wiley and Sons, Berlin, 1998).

  2. Z. Gershuni, A.K. Kolesnikov, J.C. Legros, B.I. Myznikova, J. Fluid Mech. 330, 2561 (1995).

    Google Scholar 

  3. D. Beysens, Micrograv. Sci. Technol., DOI:10.1007/s12217-014-9373-1 (2014).

  4. A. Mialdun, I. Ryzhkov, D. Melnikov, V. Shevtsova, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 084501 (2008).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. V. Shevtsova, Yu. Gaponenko, D. Melnikov, I. Ryzhkov, A. Mialdun, Acta Astronaut. 66, 166 (2010).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  6. V. Shevtsova, I. Ryzhkov, D. Melnikov, Yu. Gaponenko, A. Mialdun, J. Fluid Mech. 648, 53 (2010).

    Article  MathSciNet  MATH  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. A.V. Zyuzgin, A.I. Ivanov, V.I. Polezhaev, G.F. Putin, E.B. Soboleva, Cosmic Res. 39, 175 (2001).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. A.V. Zyuzgin, G.F. Putin, N.G. Ivanova, A.V. Chudinov, A.I. Ivanov, A.V. Kahnykov, V.I. Polezhaev, V.M. Emelianov, Adv. Space Res. 32/2, 205 (2003).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. D. Beysens, Europhys. News 37, 22 (2006).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. Y. Garrabos, D. Beysens, C. Lecoutre, A. Dejoan, V. Polezhaev, V. Emelianov, Phys. Rev. E 75, 056317 (2007).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. S. Mazzoni, V. Shevtsova, A. Mialdun, D. Melnikov, Yu. Gaponenko, T. Lyubimova, M.Z. Saghir, Europhys. News 41, 14 (2010).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. V. Shevtsova, T. Lyubimova, Z. Saghir, D. Melnikov, Yu. Gaponenko, V. Sechenyh, J. C. Legros, A. Mialdun, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 327, 012031 (2011).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. V. Shevtsova, A. Mialdun, D. Melnikov, I. Ryzhkov, Y. Gaponenko, Z. Saghir, T. Lyubimova, J.C. Legros, C. R. Mec. 339, 310 (2011).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. A. Mialdun, V. Yasnou, V. Shevtsova, A. Koeniger, W. Koehler, D. Alonso de Mezquia, M.M. Bou-Ali, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 24 (2012).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. A. Mialdun, V. Shevtsova, C. R. Mec. 339, 362 (2011).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  16. A. Mialdun, V. Shevtsova, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 044524 (2011).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  17. M. Bou-Ali, private communication (2011).

  18. D.V. Lyubimov, Eur. J. Mech. B/Fluids 14, 439 (1995).

    MathSciNet  MATH  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. MRC, EP CP-165/62, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), av. F.D. Roosevelt, 50, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Y. Gaponenko, A. Mialdun & V. Shevtsova

  2. Institute of Computational Modelling SB RAS, 660036, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

    Y. Gaponenko

Authors
  1. Y. Gaponenko
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. A. Mialdun
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. V. Shevtsova
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to V. Shevtsova.

Additional information

Contribution to the Topical Issue “Thermal nonequilibrium phenomena in multi-component fluids” edited by Fabrizio Croccolo and Henri Bataller.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Gaponenko, Y., Mialdun, A. & Shevtsova, V. Experimental and numerical analysis of mass transfer in a binary mixture with Soret effect in the presence of weak convection. Eur. Phys. J. E 37, 90 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2014-14090-5

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2014-14090-5

Keywords

Search

Navigation