Motion of oil in water induced by osmosis in a confined system
Erwan Crestel, Anežka Kvasničková, Enric Santanach‐Carreras, Jérôme Bibette, Nicolas Brémond
Abstract
The motion induced by osmosis of oil on a solid substrate immersed in water is investigated with two microfluidic systems. The first one allows for assessing water flux dynamics, linked to water permeability of oil, and the second one allows for probing oil removing features from a model porous system through this osmotic driven mechanism that depend on wetting properties.
Topics & Concepts
Forward osmosisWettingOsmosisPermeability (electromagnetism)MicrofluidicsMaterials scienceMembranePetroleum engineeringReverse osmosisChemistryChemical engineeringMechanicsNanotechnologyEngineeringComposite materialPhysicsBiochemistryEnhanced Oil Recovery TechniquesElectrohydrodynamics and Fluid DynamicsMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications