A mixed finite element method for a reverse osmosis model.

dc.contributor.advisorOyarzúa Vargas, Ricardoes
dc.contributor.authorBurgos Villanueva, Víctor Manueles
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T16:42:28Z
dc.date.available2025-05-29T16:42:28Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.descriptionTesis presentada para optar al título de Ingeniero Civil Matemáticoes
dc.description.abstractWe develop and analyze a numerical method to approximate the solution of a partial differential equation arising from a phenomenological model of water desalination through reverse osmosis within a channel module. The problem involves a coupled nonlinear system that accounts for the steady state of mass transport phenomena via a convection-diffusion equation and linear momentum balance through the Navier-Stokes equation. To address this problem, we introduce a mixed variational formulation based on Banach spaces for both phenomena, utilizing appropriate Lebesgue spaces to define the nonlinear terms and introducing a Lagrange multiplier that couples both phenomena at the boundary. We establish the existence and uniqueness of the solution under smallness assumptions on the physical parameters. We consider conforming subspaces, demonstrate the well-posedness of the discrete formulation, and derive the respective a priori error estimates. Finally, the model is verified against analytical solutions and compared with a related literature study under realistic conditions.en
dc.description.campusConcepciónes
dc.description.departamentoDepartamento de Ingeniería Matemáticaes
dc.description.facultadFacultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticases
dc.description.sponsorshipANID, ACT-210087es
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.udec.cl/handle/11594/12685
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversidad de Concepciónes
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectFinite element methoden
dc.subjectReverse osmosisen
dc.subjectMathematical modelsen
dc.subject.odsAGUA limpia y saneamientoes
dc.titleA mixed finite element method for a reverse osmosis model.en
dc.typeThesisen

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