Abstract
In an attempt to quantify the electrokinetic effects, we numerically simulate the pressure driven liquid flow and heat transfer in parallel-plate microchannels based on the Poisson-Boltzmann, Navier-Stokes and energy equations. The calculation is made for hydrodynamically fully developed and thermally developing laminar flows subject to a thermal boundary condition of uniform heat flux. The results include the electrokinetic effects on velocity, friction coefficient, temperature and Nusselt number. The electrokinetic effects are also compared with their counterparts for rectangular microchannel convection.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 335-345 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Electrical double layer
- Electrokinetic effects
- Friction coefficient
- Microchannel convection
- Nusselt number
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Computational Mechanics
- Modelling and Simulation
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Mechanics of Materials
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Applied Mathematics