Desalination, Vol.192, No.1-3, 356-363, 2006
A Maxwell-Stefan-Gouy-Debye model of the concentration profile of a charged solute in the polarisation layer
Based on the Maxwell-Stefan equation and the Gouy-Chapman model (with the Debye-Hilckel approximation), this paper gives an analytical equation to describe the concentration profile of a charged solute in the concentration polarisation layer in terms of three dimensionless numbers (the Debye number, the Nernst number, and the boundary layer Peclet number).
Keywords:charged solute;concentration polarisation;concentration profile;Gouy-Chapman model;Maxwell-Stefan equation;membrane processes;ultrafiltration