Evolution of concentration field in a membrane system.

This paper deals with the evolution of concentration field at a single membrane system. Concentration field evolution is described by concentration effect of stable boundary layers, which originate in this system. The concentration effect of boundary layers (CBLE) is studied experimentally on the basis concentration profiles obtained from computer analysis of interferometric pictures of near-membrane regions. Besides experimental results, we also report theoretical investigations and numerical calculations of this effect for two models of membranes (an infinite thin wall and the wall of thickness l). Evolution of concentration field at different distances from membrane surface describes accurately the spatio-temporal structure of the concentration boundary layers (CBLs). Results have shown that their spatial structure is fully established and these layers develop diffusively.