Visual micro-channel model for simulating migration process of pollutants in porous medium containing preferential flow
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of soil and underground water pollution remediation, in particular to a visual micro-channel model for researching the migration process of environmental pollutants in a porous medium containing a preferential flow.
Background
In recent years, with rapid development of economy, people have increasingly demanded water resources, which leads to serious destruction of underground water resources. Once the groundwater is contaminated, no technique exists to thoroughly decontaminate. The development of the migration and removal behaviors of pollutants (such as microorganisms, nanoparticles or nano plastics and the like) in the environment, particularly in an aqueous medium, plays a very important role in accurately predicting the exposure probability of the pollutants and various organisms. Preferential flow refers to the phenomenon of rapid transport of moisture and solutes to deep soil and groundwater along preferential paths, bypassing the matrix. The soil forming the preferential flow mechanism in nature is common, and the occurrence and development process of the preferential flow is very complicated due to the influence of factors such as soil property, structure and the like. Therefore, it is necessary to study the mechanism of contaminant flow and migration within a porous media containing a preferential flow. However, most of the current researches on the migration process of pollutants in the environment are focused on laboratory column experiments, so that the microscopic migration process of pollutants in the porous medium containing the preferential flow cannot be observed in the laboratory column experiments, and the influence of the preferential flow on the migration mechanism of the pollutants cannot be clarified. Chinese patent (CN 107036951A) discloses a micro-channel model for simulating the internal flow of a porous medium, which realizes the visual measurement of the flow details in the micro-channel through simulating the pore structure in the core, but cannot obtain the influence of the preferential flow on the fluid flow in the porous medium. To improve the understanding of the mechanism of contaminant migration within the porous media containing the preferential flow, a suitable visualization microchannel model needs to be selected.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a visual micro-channel model for simulating the migration process of pollutants in a porous medium containing a preferential flow, and the pore structure in the underground water-soil porous medium containing the preferential flow is simulated through different micro-column arrays in a micro-channel; the microcosmic channel model can accurately simulate the migration capacity of pollutants in the porous medium containing the priority flow and the flowing rule of fluid, can clearly observe the microcosmic migration process of the whole pollutants in the porous medium containing the priority flow, can realize visual measurement, is easy to find the migration and retention mechanism of the pollutants in the porous medium containing the priority flow, and has good practicability.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a visual microchannel model for simulating the migration of contaminants within a porous medium containing a preferential flow, the visual microchannel model comprising: the model comprises an inlet cavity etched on a silicon wafer, an inlet section, a micro-channel, a micro-column array, an outlet section and an outlet cavity, wherein the micro-column array is formed by staggering a plurality of micro-columns, and the height of the micro-column array is the same as the depth of the micro-channel; on top of the silicon wafer a slide is placed which makes a sealed connection with the micro channel and the silicon wafer substrate.
Preferably, the length of the micro-channel is 730-750 microns, the width is 360-380 microns, and the depth of the micro-channel is 10-15 microns; the section of each micro-column is circular, the diameter of the circle is 28-32 microns, and the spacing range of the micro-columns is 5-25 microns. The micro-channel porosity is 40% -49%.
Preferably, the inlet and outlet chambers are identical and circular, have a diameter of 1.2-1.7 mm and a depth equal to the depth of the microchannel.
The invention has the following beneficial effects: through setting up the arrangement mode of microcolumn array in the microchannel, the inside complicated pore structure of underground water and soil medium that simulation contains preferential flow, simultaneously, can also realize the migration of the inside preferential flow of microchannel and the visual measurement of fluid flow details through the slide glass of microchannel model top, provide the guarantee for researcher to find out the migration mechanism of pollutant in the porous medium that contains preferential flow.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a visualized microchannel model simulating the migration of contaminants within a porous media containing a preferential flow.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram 1 of an embodiment of a micropillar array.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram 2 of an embodiment of the micropillar array.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram 3 of an embodiment of the micropillar array.
Fig. 5 is a confocal microscope photograph corresponding to the schematic structural diagram 1 of the micro-column array embodiment.
Fig. 6 is a confocal microscope photograph corresponding to the schematic structural diagram 2 of the micro-column array embodiment.
Fig. 7 is a confocal microscope photograph corresponding to the schematic structural diagram 3 of the micro-column array embodiment.
In the figure: 1-an inlet chamber; 2-an inlet section; 3-a microchannel; 4-micro-column array; 5-an outlet section; 6-outlet chamber.
Detailed Description
The invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and two specific embodiments:
FIG. 1 is a visualized microchannel model for simulating the migration of contaminants within a porous medium containing a preferential flow, the model comprising an inlet chamber 1, an inlet section 2, microchannels 3, a microcolumn array 4, an outlet section 5, and an outlet chamber 6 etched in a silicon wafer; the micro-column array 5 is formed by a plurality of micro-columns which are staggered, and the height of the micro-column array is the same as the depth of the micro-channel 4; on top of the silicon wafer a slide is placed which makes a sealed connection with the micro channel and the silicon wafer substrate.
In the microchannel model of the invention, the length of the microchannel 4 is 730-750 micrometers, the width is 360-380 micrometers, and the depth is 10-15 micrometers.
As shown in fig. 2, the microcolumn array 5 is composed of a plurality of microcolumns with circular cross-sections, each microcolumn has a diameter of 30 μm, 20 circular microcolumns are arranged in the channel length direction, and 10 circular microcolumns are arranged in the channel width direction; two rows of circular microcolumns close to the edge of the channel in the length direction of the microchannel 4 are 5 microns away from the channel, the distance between the rest microcolumns is 7 microns, and the height of the microcolumns is the same as the depth of the microchannel 4; the circular microcolumns in the micro-channel model are uniformly distributed.
As shown in fig. 3, the microcolumn array 5 is composed of a plurality of microcolumns with circular cross-sections, each microcolumn has a diameter of 30 μm, 20 circular microcolumns are arranged in the channel length direction, and 10 circular microcolumns are arranged in the channel width direction; and 5 rows of round microcolumns which are close to the edge of the channel in the length direction of the microchannel 4 are 5 micrometers away from the channel; the distance between the middle 5 th and 6 th rows of circular microcolumns is 23 micrometers; the space between every two columns of micro-pillars in the width direction of the micro-channel 4 is 7 micrometers, and the height of the micro-pillars is the same as the depth of the micro-channel 4; the channel with the distance of 23 μm between the middle 5 th and 6 th rows of circular micro-pillars in the micro-channel model can be regarded as a priority flow channel.
As shown in fig. 4, the microcolumn array 5 is composed of a plurality of microcolumns with circular cross-sections, each microcolumn has a diameter of 30 μm, 20 circular microcolumns are arranged in the channel length direction, and 10 circular microcolumns are arranged in the channel width direction; and 3 rows of round microcolumns close to the edge of the channel in the length direction of the microchannel 4 are 5 microns away from the channel; the distance between the middle 4 th, 5 th, 6 th and 7 th rows of circular microcolumns is 5 micrometers; the distance between the 3 rd row and the 4 th row and the distance between the 7 th row and the 8 th row of the circular microcolumns are 14 micrometers respectively; the micro-pillars of each row in the width direction of the micro-channel 4 are arranged at a pitch of 7 micrometers, and the height of the micro-pillars is the same as the depth of the micro-channel 4. In the microchannel model, two channels with a circular microcolumn pitch of 14 μm can be regarded as the preferential flow channel.
As shown in fig. 5, the figure is a confocal microscope photograph corresponding to the schematic structural diagram 1 of the micro-column array embodiment.
As shown in fig. 6, the figure is a confocal microscope photograph corresponding to the schematic structural diagram 2 of the micro-column array embodiment.
As shown in fig. 7, the figure is a confocal microscope photograph corresponding to the schematic structural diagram 3 of the micro-column array embodiment.
The preparation method of the micro-channel model comprises the steps of etching an inlet cavity 1, an inlet section 2, a micro-channel 3, a micro-column array 4, an outlet section 5 and an outlet cavity 6 on a silicon wafer by utilizing a photoetching and ion etching method, then respectively using a through hole with the diameter of 0.5-0.9 mm in the inlet cavity 1 and the outlet cavity 6 as an inlet and an outlet on the back surface of the silicon wafer by utilizing a bulk silicon corrosion method, and finally realizing the sealing of a glass slide and a silicon wafer substrate by utilizing an anode bonding method.
The measuring process of the invention is as follows:
the pollutant solution to be detected is injected into the micro model containing the preferential flow channel through the low-speed peristaltic pump and flows through the micro channels with different micro-column arrays, so that the migration and retention behaviors of the pollutants in the micro-column array gaps containing the preferential flow at different moments and the influence of the preferential flow on the migration process of the pollutants can be observed; and recording the outlet concentration of the pollutants at the outlet position of the micro model with the priority flow channel at different moments to obtain the penetration curve of the pollutants in the micro model with the priority flow channel.
The above embodiments are merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and any person skilled in the art can modify the above embodiments without departing from the principle and scope of the present invention, and such modifications are also considered to be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.