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A two-scale model of ion transfer in a porous medium is obtained for one-dimensional horizontal flows under the action of a pressure gradient and an external electric field by the method of homogenization. Steady equations of electroosmotic flows in flat horizontal nano-sized slits separated by thin dielectric partitions are averaged over a small-scale variable. The resultant macroequations include Poisson’s equation for the vertical component of the electric field and Onsager’s relations between flows and forces. The total horizontal flow rate of the fluid is found to depend linearly on the pressure gradient and external electric field, and the coefficients in this linear relation are calculated with the use of microequations.
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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika i Tekhnicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 162–173, July–August, 2008.
An erratum to this article can be found online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10808-009-0048-4
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Shelukhin, V.V., Amirat, Y. Flow of electrolytes in a porous medium. J Appl Mech Tech Phy 49, 655–665 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10808-008-0083-6
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