Donnan-Ion Hydration model to estimate the electroosmotic permeability of clays
2020
Yustres Real, Ángel | López-Vizcaíno López, Rubén | Cabrera, Virginia | Rodrigo Rodrigo, Manuel Andrés | Navarro Gamir, Vicente
Electroosmotic permeability is a soil parameter that is fundamental for designing and implementing environmental remediation, dewatering, or soil stabilization processes. It presents a narrow range of variation compared to hydraulic permeability, so that in many occasions no experimental tests are carried out to determine it. Traditionally, the Helmholtz-Smoluchowski equation has been used to estimate electroosmotic permeability, despite having several drawbacks that make it difficult to apply, as it was deduced for large capillaries (unusual in clays) and its dependence on the zeta potential of the soil, difficult to measure and dependent on a wide variety of factors. The present work describes a semi-empirical formulation that allows the estimation of the electroosmotic permeability as a function of the specific surface area and the total void ratio and is based on the Donnan equilibrium and the ion hydration models. The parameters for modelling are calibrated and validated with experimental data, obtaining better results than those given by the Helmholtz-Smoluchowski model. In addition, the expected trends in the behavior of clays that can be found in the literature are obtained in a quantitative and consistent manner for different types of clays with variable water content and pore water salinity.
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