Application of a three-laser optical digital interferometry in a thermogravitational analysis for binary and ternary mixtures

Ane Errarte; Antton Sanjuan; Aliaksandr Mialdun; Marcos Alonso; Imanol Andonegui; Valentina Shevtsova; M. Mounir Bou-Ali

doi:10.1515/jnet-2023-0126

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Application of a three-laser optical digital interferometry in a thermogravitational analysis for binary and ternary mixtures

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From the journal Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics Volume 49 Issue 4

Abstract

We discuss the application of the three-laser optical digital interferometry method for the determination of transport properties such as the thermodiffusion, the molecular diffusion and the Soret coefficients by the thermogravitational column technique. The primary objective of this study is to illustrate the capabilities and limitations of the method for quantifying these properties in both binary and ternary liquid mixtures from an optical viewpoint. It is concluded that the system is highly robust for the analysis of binary mixtures, with the combination of the results obtained by the three wavelengths increasing the accuracy of the measurement. The study of ternary mixtures, on the contrary, is limited to certain types of conditions. While the accuracy of a three-laser interferometer can be improved, the method may be compromised if the optical contrast factor matrices are poorly conditioned.

Keywords: molecular diffusion; thermodiffusion; Soret effect; optical digital interferometry; liquid mixtures

Corresponding author: M. Mounir Bou-Ali, Fluid Mechanics Group, Faculty of Engineering, Mondragon University, Arrasate-Mondragon, Spain, E-mail: mbouali@mondragon.edu

Research ethics: Not applicable.
Author contributions: All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission. A. Errarte: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. A. Sanjuan: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. A. Mialdun: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal Analysis and interpretation of data, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. M. Alonso: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. I. Andonegui: Conceptualization, Methodology, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. V. Shevtsova: Conceptualization, Methodology, Analysis and interpretation of data, Resources, Writing – review & editing, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition. M. M. Bou-Ali: Conceptualization, Methodology, Analysis and interpretation of data, Resources, Writing – review & editing, Supervision, Project administration, Funding acquisition.
Competing interests: The authors state no competing interests.
Research funding: MCIN/AEI, grant PID2020-115086 GB-C33, the Basque governments grants KK-2023/00016 (μ4Smart), IT1505-22 from the Research Group Program and PRE_2021_2_0234.
Data availability: The raw data can be obtained on request from the corresponding author.

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Received: 2023-12-15

Accepted: 2024-06-20

Published Online: 2024-07-16

Published in Print: 2024-10-28

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molecular diffusion; thermodiffusion; Soret effect; optical digital interferometry; liquid mixtures