Etude Du Transport Réactif de Particules en Silice en Suspension en Milieux Poreux Saturé

Download or read book Etude Du Transport Réactif de Particules en Silice en Suspension en Milieux Poreux Saturé written by Zyed Mesticou and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suspended particles transport through a saturated porous medium is an important research topic in several sectors related to the environment or industrial problems. The purpose of this thesis is to characterize deposition and release mechanisms in the case of the transport of silt micro particles (silica) flow through saturated sand. The influence of ionic strengh and the flow velocity are studied. The approach is first expérimental. In this context, laboratory column experiments are performed. The results show clearly the presence of both physicochemical and mechanical retention mechanisms. It is show that the suspension ionic strength increase results in increaded deposition rate. This is consistent with the DLVO theory. In addition, the deposit is marked by a gradual saturation of physicochemical and mechanical retention sites. The esperiments show also that the release phenomenon arises not only from the variation of the hydraulic speed but also from the ionic strength value and expecially of this variation. In this framework, experiments show clearly the presence of a clogging front. The latter moves in the flow direction with a rate proportional to the ionic strength and the flow velocity. The study shows that the clogging increases with the ionic strength. It is more pronounced at low speeds. In a second approach, a multiphasic model is developed to simulate the suspension particle transport under the influence of the ionic strength and the flow velocity. The two effects are coupled. Thus, the deposition and release kinetics are proposed to model these two phenomena. These kinetics are expressed as a function of the suspension flow rate and salinity in accordance with experimental results. The proposed model is validated with experimental tests. It reproducesin a realistic way the transport dynamics of the micro particles in suspension under the influence of ionic strength and flow velocity variations.