Lab-on-chip methodologies for the study of transport in porous media: energy applications

Lab on a Chip
Viatcheslav BerejnovDavid Sinton

Abstract

We present a lab-on-chip approach to the study of multiphase transport in porous media. The applicability of microfluidics to biological and chemical analysis has motivated much development in lab-on-chip methodologies. Several of these methodologies are also well suited to the study of transport in porous media. We demonstrate the application of rapid prototyping of microfluidic networks with approximately 5000 channels, controllable wettability, and fluorescence-based analysis to the study of multiphase transport phenomena in porous media. The method is applied to measure the influence of wettability relative to network regularity, and to differentiate initial percolation patterns from active flow paths. Transport phenomena in porous media are of critical importance to many fields and particularly in many energy-related applications including liquid water transport in fuel cells, oil recovery, and CO(2) sequestration.

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Oct 21, 2011·Lab on a Chip·Naga Siva Kumar GundaS Majid Hassanizadeh
Aug 3, 2012·Lab on a Chip·Bertrand LevachéDenis Bartolo
Jul 18, 2012·Lab on a Chip·N K KaradimitriouL J Pyrak-Nolte
Sep 14, 2012·Lab on a Chip·Thomas W de HaasDavid Sinton
Mar 1, 2012·Langmuir : the ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids·Jay W GrateMart Oostrom
Apr 20, 2013·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science·Qiulan ZhangA Imhof
Jul 29, 2008·Journal of Colloid and Interface Science·Charles N BaroudJean-Baptiste Masson
Jun 18, 2015·Lab on a Chip·Hyundo LeePatrick S Doyle
Aug 19, 2015·Soft Matter·Jack Deodato C JacobJacinta C Conrad
Apr 26, 2013·Analytical Chemistry·Marc H SchneiderFarshid Mostowfi
Feb 10, 2018·Soft Matter·Hanieh BazyarRob G H Lammertink
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Jun 9, 2020·Biomicrofluidics·Linfeng XuKwang W Oh
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