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ESTIMATES TO THE WEAK SOLUTION OF THE ELECTRO-HYDRODYNAMICAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEM FOR THE UNIT CELL OF CATION-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE. THE CASE OF NONZERO DEBYE RADIUS
We study a model problem on the filtration of a conducting fluid through
a porous layer. A porous medium is presented as an assemblage of identical spherical
cells. Each cell consists of a porous core and liquid shell. We show the dependence of
each flow parameter on the Debye radius which characterizes how far the influence of a
charge extends in electrolyte. The common case of finite Debye radius in comparison to
the cell radius is analyzed. We derive apriori estimates for flow characteristics which show
the specific behavior of the fluid. The boundedness of velocity field, pressure, electric
potential and ion flux densities was proved. The derived estimates show in particular that
the greater the Debye radius the greater the coefficient of the hydrodynamic permeability
of the membrane.