Mathematical Modeling
Vol. 2 (2018), Issue 3, pg(s) 119-121

Determination of surfactant effective diffusion coefficient using inverse problem for Ward-Tordai equation

  • 1 Institute of Mathematics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poland

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to assess the usability of a new calculation algorithm for determining the surfactants effective diffusion coefficient. The adsorption of a mixture of non-ionic surfactants onto flat water-air interface was considered. Presented algorithm is composed of a two parts: Ward-Tordai equation solver based on Nyström method for integral equations and golden ratio optimization method used in inverse problem. In the investigation the Langmuir model of an isotherm was assumed. Presented algorithm was successfully used to determine the non-ionic surfactant – Nafol 810D (BRENNTAG) effective diffusion coefficient in the diffusion controlled adsorption process.

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