ABSTRACT
This chapter begins by review of the main mechanisms of electroosmotic transfer in dispersed and nanocapillary systems and considers several examples of its practical applications for electrokinetic dewatering in disperse systems, soil remediation, and control of transport phenomena in nanocapillaiies. The electroosmotic method is one of the most efficient tools for the control of flow transport in micro- and nanocapillary systems. Electroosmosis may be an effective tool for management of the liquid transfer and for dewatering of micro- and nano-sized dispersed systems. The methods of transport control developed for macrosystems display low efficiency when applied to micro- and nanosystems. The processes of electric migration and electroosmosis are most important for electrokinetic remediation. Electroosmosis is important for the removal of contaminating cations, and electric migration is of equal efficiency for removal of both cation and anion components. Electroosmosis has found important applications for fluid flow manipulation in micro- and nanosized systems.
