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Bidisperse filtration problem with non-monotonic retention profiles
During deep bed filtration of suspensions and colloids in a porous medium, some particles are retained in the pores and form a fixed deposit. A one-dimensional mathematical model of filtration with particles of two types is considered. Exact solution is derived. The existence and the uniqueness of the solution are proved by the method of characteristics, and a solution in the form of a traveling wave is obtained. The profiles of total and partial retained concentrations, showing the dependence of the retained particles concentrations on the coordinate at a fixed time, are studied. It is shown by Taylor expansions that the retained profiles of large particles decrease monotonically, while the retained profiles of small particles are non-monotonic. At a short time, the profile of small particles decreases monotonically; with increasing time, a maximum point appears on it, moving from the inlet to the outlet of the porous medium. When the maximum point reaches the outlet, the profile becomes monotonically increasing. The condition for the non-monotonicity of the total retained profile is obtained. © 2022, Fondazione Annali di Matematica Pura ed Applicata and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.