title: Mechanistic approach to membrane mass transport processes (mini review).
abstract: Since the physical interpretation of practical Kedem-Katchalsky equations is not clear, we consider an alternative, mechanistic approach to membrane transport generated by osmotic and hydraulic pressure. We study a porous membrane with randomly distributed pore sizes (radii). We postulate that the reflection coefficient (sigma(p)) of a single pore may equal 1 or 0 only. From this postulate we derive new (mechanistic) transport equations. Their advantage is in clear physical interpretation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics, Swietokrzyska Academy, 25-406 Kielce, Poland.
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kargol
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical