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LIQUID MARBLE MODELLING COULD BE KEY TO CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE


University of the Sunshine Coast

A University of the Sunshine Coast researcher is leading a collaborative
advanced computer modelling project that could make carbon capture and storage
more viable and revolutionise drug delivery.

USC Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering Dr Charith Rathnayaka and project
partners from QUT, Griffith University and The University of Manchester have
been assessing ways to improve the design, manufacture and operation of ‘liquid
marbles’.

These are microscopic liquid droplets that are coated with nanoparticles to form
a porous shell preventing moisture reaching surrounding surfaces.

In a paper published this week in Archives of Computational Methods in
Engineering, the team outlines how advanced computational modelling can help
achieve more accurate predictions and deeper analyses of the dynamic behaviour
of liquid marbles, and with greater convenience.

Dr Rathnayaka said the properties of liquid marbles included resistance to
contamination, low-friction and flexible manipulation, making them appealing for
applications such as gas capture, drug delivery and for miniature bio-reactors.



He said their ability to selectively interact with external gases, liquids or
solids gave them great potential for CO2 capture.

“Knowledge gained through advanced computational modelling is likely to inspire
new experiments and lead to new discoveries in this sub-domain of engineering,”
he said.

Dr Rathnayaka said many properties of liquid marbles remained a mystery, despite
recent advances in research, and computational modelling could improve
understanding of their properties without requiring costly and time-intensive
experimental-only procedures.

“We use computer programming to set up the models and incorporate relevant
physics, mathematics and mechanics with relevant initial and boundary
conditions,” he said.

“Then we use supercomputing facilities to do the relevant computations and
crunch the numbers leading to simulations and predictions of the behaviour of
liquid marbles through these computer models.”



Dr Rathnayaka said a key advantage of using liquid marbles for capturing CO2 was
their scale and shape, because particles in the size range of millimetres could
be installed as networks or arrays in large reactors.

He said trials by overseas researchers had shown liquid marbles reduced the
material loss and increased reactivity during the multi-cycle CO2 capturing
processes compared to traditional solid or liquid-only approaches.

“Magnetic liquid marbles could also have potential to deliver drugs within the
human body,” he said. “Because they can be opened and closed using external
magnetic forces, they may be able to negotiate confined and convoluted spaces to
release drugs with great accuracy in specific areas.”

The article’s co-authors are Professor Emilie Sauret, Professor YuanTong Gu and
Dr Nadeeshani Geekiyanage of QUT, Professor Nam-Trung Nguyen of Griffith
University and Dr Christopher From (correct) of the University of Manchester.

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