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physics.flu-dyn2022★ 19 cited

A mini-module with built-in spacers for high-throughput ultrafiltration

Kristina Baitalow, Denis Wypysek, Martin Leuthold +3

Ultrafiltration membrane modules suffer from a permeate flow decrease arising during filtration and caused by concentration polarization and fouling in, e.g., fermentation broth pu…

physics.flu-dyn2022★ 11 cited

How does porosity heterogeneity affect the transport properties of multibore filtration membranes?

Denis Wypysek, Deniz Rall, Tobias Neef +3

The prediction of pressure and flow distributions inside porous membranes is important if the geometry deviates from single-bore tubular geometries. This task remains challenging,…

physics.flu-dyn2022★ 35 cited

Direct 3D observation and unraveling of electroconvection phenomena during concentration polarization at ion-exchange membranes

Felix Stockmeier, Michael Schatz, Malte Habermann +3

A decade ago, two-dimensional microscopic flow visualization proved the theoretically predicted existence of electroconvection roles as well as their decisive role in destabilizing…

physics.flu-dyn2020★ 23 cited

Achieving large zeta-potentials with charged porous surfaces

Olga I. Vinogradova, Elena F. Silkina, Naren Bag +1

We discuss an electro-osmotic flow near charged porous coatings of a finite hydrodynamic permeability, impregnated with an outer electrolyte solution. It is shown that their electr…

physics.flu-dyn2020★ 23 cited

Flow-driven collapse of lubricant-infused surfaces

Evgeny S. Asmolov, Tatiana V. Nizkaya, Olga I. Vinogradova

Lubricant-infused surfaces in an outer liquid flow generally reduce viscous drag. However, owing to the meniscus deformation, the infused state could collapse. Here we discuss the…

physics.flu-dyn2018★ 40 cited

Enhanced slip properties of lubricant-infused grooves

Evgeny S. Asmolov, Tatiana V. Nizkaya, Olga I. Vinogradova

We ascertain the enhanced slip properties for a liquid flow over lubricant-infused unidirectional surfaces. This situation reflects many practical settings involving liquid flows p…

physics.flu-dyn2018★ 96 cited

Fouling mitigation in tubular membranes by 3D-printed turbulence promoters

Sarah Armbruster, Oskar Cheong, Jonas Lölsberg +3

Despite intensive research, fouling remains a severe problem in membrane filtration. It is often controlled by applying turbulent flow which requires a higher energy consumption. S…

physics.flu-dyn2018★ 34 cited

Sinusoidal shaped hollow fibers for enhanced mass transfer

Tobias Luelf, Maik Tepper, Hans Breisig +1

Inducing secondary flows and vortices is known to enhance mass transport. They can be imposed by structured flow channels for instance. In particular, these vortices reduce fouling…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 16 cited

Boundary conditions at the gas sectors of superhydrophobic grooves

Alexander L. Dubov, Tatiana V. Nizkaya, Evgeny S. Asmolov +1

The hydrodynamics of liquid flowing past gas sectors of unidirectional superhydrophobic surfaces is revisited. Attention is focussed on the local slip boundary condition at the liq…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 90 cited

Inertial focusing of finite-size particles in microchannels

Evgeny S. Asmolov, Alexander L. Dubov, Tatiana V. Nizkaya +2

At finite Reynolds numbers, Re, particles migrate across laminar flow streamlines to their equilibrium positions in microchannels. This migration is attributed to a lift force, and…

physics.flu-dyn2017★ 10 cited

Advective superdiffusion in superhydrophobic microchannels

Tatiana V. Nizkaya, Evgeny S. Asmolov, Olga I. Vinogradova

We consider pressure-driven flows in wide microchannels, and discuss how a transverse shear, generated by misaligned superhydrophobic walls, impacts cross-sectional spreading of Br…

physics.flu-dyn2014★ 116 cited

Electro-hydrodynamics near Hydrophobic Surfaces

S. R. Maduar, A. V. Belyaev, V. Lobaskin +1

We show that an electro-osmotic flow near the slippery hydrophobic surface depends strongly on the mobility of surface charges, which are balanced by counter-ions of the electrosta…

physics.flu-dyn2014★ 27 cited

Flows and mixing in channels with misaligned superhydrophobic walls

Tatiana V. Nizkaya, Evgeny S. Asmolov, Jiajia Zhou +2

Aligned superhydrophobic surfaces with the same texture orientation reduce drag in the channel and generate secondary flows transverse to the direction of the applied pressure grad…

physics.flu-dyn2014★ 12 cited

Lattice-Boltzmann simulations of the drag force on a sphere approaching a superhydrophobic striped plane

Alexander L. Dubov, Sebastian Schmieschek, Evgeny S. Asmolov +2

By means of lattice-Boltzmann simulations the drag force on a sphere of radius R approaching a superhydrophobic striped wall has been investigated as a function of arbitrary separa…

physics.flu-dyn2014★ 59 cited

'Gas cushion' model and hydrodynamic boundary conditions for superhydrophobic textures

Tatiana V. Nizkaya, Evgeny S. Asmolov, Olga I. Vinogradova

Superhydrophobic Cassie textures with trapped gas bubbles reduce drag, by generating large effective slip, which is important for a variety of applications that involve a manipulat…

physics.flu-dyn2013★ 14 cited

Effective slippage on superhydrophobic trapezoidal grooves

Jiajia Zhou, Evgeny S. Asmolov, Friederike Schmid +1

We study the effective slippage on superhydrophobic grooves with trapezoidal cross-sections of various geometries (including the limiting cases of triangles and rectangular stripes…

physics.flu-dyn2013★ 24 cited

Flow in channels with superhydrophobic trapezoidal textures

Tatiana V. Nizkaya, Evgeny S. Asmolov, Olga I. Vinogradova

Superhydrophobic one-dimensional surfaces reduce drag and generate transverse hydrodynamic phenomena by combining hydrophobicity and roughness to trap gas bubbles in microscopic te…

physics.flu-dyn2012★ 34 cited

Effective slip-length tensor for a flow over weakly slipping stripes

Evgeny S. Asmolov, Jiajia Zhou, Friederike Schmid +1

We discuss the flow past a flat heterogeneous solid surface decorated by slipping stripes. The spatially varying slip length, , is assumed to be small compared to the scale o…

physics.flu-dyn2012★ 37 cited

Anisotropic flow in striped superhydrophobic channels

Jiajia Zhou, Aleksey V. Belyaev, Friederike Schmid +1

We report results of dissipative particle dynamics simulations and develop a semi-analytical theory of an anisotropic flow in a parallel-plate channel with two superhydrophobic str…

physics.flu-dyn2012★ 24 cited

Effective hydrodynamic boundary conditions for microtextured surfaces

Anne Mongruel, Thibault Chastel, Evgeny S. Asmolov +1

We report measurements of the hydrodynamic drag force acting on a smooth sphere falling down under gravity to a plane decorated with microscopic periodic grooves. Both surfaces are…

physics.flu-dyn2012★ 63 cited

Effective slip boundary conditions for arbitrary one-dimensional surfaces

Evgeny S. Asmolov, Olga I. Vinogradova

In many applications it is advantageous to construct effective slip boundary conditions, which could fully characterize flow over patterned surfaces. Here we focus on laminar shear…

physics.flu-dyn2011★ 73 cited

Tensorial slip of super-hydrophobic channels

Sebastian Schmieschek, Aleksey V. Belyaev, Jens Harting +1

We describe a generalization of the tensorial slip boundary condition, originally justified for a thick (compared to texture period) channel, to any channel thickness. The eigenval…