A class of positive-preserving,energy stable and high order numerical schemes for the Poission-Nernst-Planck system

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Main Authors: Cao, Waixiang, Qin, Yuzhe, Xu, Minqiang
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author Cao, Waixiang
Qin, Yuzhe
Xu, Minqiang
author_facet Cao, Waixiang
Qin, Yuzhe
Xu, Minqiang
contents In this paper, we introduce and analyze a class of numerical schemes that demonstrate remarkable superiority in terms of efficiency, the preservation of positivity, energy stability, and high-order precision to solve the time-dependent Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) system, which is as a highly versatile and sophisticated model and accommodates a plenitude of applications in the emulation of the translocation of charged particles across a multifarious expanse of physical and biological systems. The numerical schemes presented here are based on the energy variational formulation. It allows the PNP system to be reformulated as a non-constant mobility $H^{-1}$ gradient flow, incorporating singular logarithmic energy potentials. To achieve a fully discrete numerical scheme, we employ a combination of first/second-order semi-implicit time discretization methods, coupled with either the $k$-th order direct discontinuous Galerkin (DDG) method or the finite element (FE) method for spatial discretization. The schemes are verified to possess positivity preservation and energy stability. Optimal error estimates and particular superconvergence results for the fully-discrete numerical solution are established. Numerical experiments are provided to showcase the accuracy, efficiency, and robustness of the proposed schemes.
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spellingShingle A class of positive-preserving,energy stable and high order numerical schemes for the Poission-Nernst-Planck system
Cao, Waixiang
Qin, Yuzhe
Xu, Minqiang
Numerical Analysis
In this paper, we introduce and analyze a class of numerical schemes that demonstrate remarkable superiority in terms of efficiency, the preservation of positivity, energy stability, and high-order precision to solve the time-dependent Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) system, which is as a highly versatile and sophisticated model and accommodates a plenitude of applications in the emulation of the translocation of charged particles across a multifarious expanse of physical and biological systems. The numerical schemes presented here are based on the energy variational formulation. It allows the PNP system to be reformulated as a non-constant mobility $H^{-1}$ gradient flow, incorporating singular logarithmic energy potentials. To achieve a fully discrete numerical scheme, we employ a combination of first/second-order semi-implicit time discretization methods, coupled with either the $k$-th order direct discontinuous Galerkin (DDG) method or the finite element (FE) method for spatial discretization. The schemes are verified to possess positivity preservation and energy stability. Optimal error estimates and particular superconvergence results for the fully-discrete numerical solution are established. Numerical experiments are provided to showcase the accuracy, efficiency, and robustness of the proposed schemes.
title A class of positive-preserving,energy stable and high order numerical schemes for the Poission-Nernst-Planck system
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.03892