Toward microscale flow control using non-uniform electro-osmotic flow

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moran Bercovici ◽  
Federico Paratore ◽  
Evgeniy Boyko ◽  
Govind V. Kaigala ◽  
Amir Gat
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Osmotic Flow ◽  
Microscale Flow ◽  
Electro Osmotic Flow

scholarly journals Flow control in microfluidics devices: electro-osmotic Couette flow with joule heating effect

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Ahamed Saleel ◽  
Saad Ayed Alshahrani ◽  
Asif Afzal ◽  
Maughal Ahmed Ali Baig ◽  
Sarfaraz Kamangar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Couette Flow ◽  
Joule Heating ◽  
Dynamic Viscosity ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Heating Effect ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Osmotic Flow ◽  
Joule Heating Effect ◽  
Electro Osmotic Flow

PurposeJoule heating effect is a pervasive phenomenon in electro-osmotic flow because of the applied electric field and fluid electrical resistivity across the microchannels. Its effect in electro-osmotic flow field is an important mechanism to control the flow inside the microchannels and it includes numerous applications.Design/methodology/approachThis research article details the numerical investigation on alterations in the profile of stream wise velocity of simple Couette-electroosmotic flow and pressure driven electro-osmotic Couette flow by the dynamic viscosity variations happened due to the Joule heating effect throughout the dielectric fluid usually observed in various microfluidic devices.FindingsThe advantages of the Joule heating effect are not only to control the velocity in microchannels but also to act as an active method to enhance the mixing efficiency. The results of numerical investigations reveal that the thermal field due to Joule heating effect causes considerable variation of dynamic viscosity across the microchannel to initiate a shear flow when EDL (Electrical Double Layer) thickness is increased and is being varied across the channel.Originality/valueThis research work suggest how joule heating can be used as en effective mechanism for flow control in microfluidic devices.

Maxwell stress-induced flow control of a free surface electro-osmotic flow in a rectangular microchannel

2013 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 721-728 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manik Mayur ◽  
Sakir Amiroudine ◽  
Didier Lasseux ◽  
Suman Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Free Surface ◽  
Flow Control ◽  
Maxwell Stress ◽  
Rectangular Microchannel ◽  
Osmotic Flow ◽  
Induced Flow ◽  
Electro Osmotic Flow

Electro-Osmotic Flow Control in Microfluidics Systems

2001 ◽  
pp. 7-12
Author(s):  
R. E. Oosterbroek ◽  
M. H. Goedbloed ◽  
A. Trautmann ◽  
N. J. van der Veen ◽  
S. Schlautmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Osmotic Flow ◽  
Electro Osmotic Flow

A microfluidic chip for blood plasma separation using electro-osmotic flow control

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (8) ◽  
pp. 085019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Jiang ◽  
Xuan Weng ◽  
Chan Hee Chon ◽  
Xudong Wu ◽  
Dongqing Li
Keyword(s):  
Flow Control ◽  
Blood Plasma ◽  
Microfluidic Chip ◽  
Plasma Separation ◽  
Osmotic Flow ◽  
Blood Plasma Separation ◽  
Electro Osmotic Flow

scholarly journals Towards bio-inspired artificial muscle: a mechanism based on electro-osmotic flow simulated using dissipative particle dynamics

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramin Zakeri
Keyword(s):  
Zeta Potential ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Dissipative Particle Dynamics ◽  
Artificial Muscle ◽  
Particle Dynamics ◽  
Polymer Membrane ◽  
Channel Width ◽  
Micro Channel ◽  
Osmotic Flow ◽  
Electro Osmotic Flow

AbstractOne of the unresolved issues in physiology is how exactly myosin moves in a filament as the smallest responsible organ for contracting of a natural muscle. In this research, inspired by nature, a model is presented consisting of DPD (dissipative particle dynamics) particles driven by electro-osmotic flow (EOF) in micro channel that a thin movable impermeable polymer membrane has been attached across channel width, thus momentum of fluid can directly transfer to myosin stem. At the first, by validation of electro-osmotic flow in micro channel in different conditions with accuracy of less than 10 percentage error compared to analytical results, the DPD results have been developed to displacement of an impermeable polymer membrane in EOF. It has been shown that by the presence of electric field of 250 V/m and Zeta potential − 25 mV and the dimensionless ratio of the channel width to the thickness of the electric double layer or kH = 8, about 15% displacement in 8 s time will be obtained compared to channel width. The influential parameters on the displacement of the polymer membrane from DPD particles in EOF such as changes in electric field, ion concentration, zeta potential effect, polymer material and the amount of membrane elasticity have been investigated which in each cases, the radius of gyration and auto correlation velocity of different polymer membrane cases have been compared together. This simulation method in addition of probably helping understand natural myosin displacement mechanism, can be extended to design the contraction of an artificial muscle tissue close to nature.

Modeling electro-osmotic flow and thermal transport of Caputo fractional Burgers fluid through a micro-channel

2021 ◽  
pp. 095440892110259
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdulhameed ◽  
Garba Tahiru Adamu ◽  
Gulibur Yakubu Dauda
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Laplace Transform ◽  
Inverse Laplace Transform ◽  
Micro Channel ◽  
Osmotic Flow ◽  
Sine Transform ◽  
Fourier Sine ◽  
Fourier Sine Transform ◽  
Burgers Fluid ◽  
Electro Osmotic Flow

In this paper, we construct transient electro-osmotic flow of Burgers’ fluid with Caputo fractional derivative in a micro-channel, where the Poisson–Boltzmann equation described the potential electric field applied along the length of the microchannel. The analytical solution for the component of the velocity profile was obtained, first by applying the Laplace transform combined with the classical method of partial differential equations and, second by applying Laplace transform combined with the finite Fourier sine transform. The exact solution for the component of the temperature was obtained by applying Laplace transform and finite Fourier sine transform. Further, due to the complexity of the derived models of the governing equations for both velocity and temperature, the inverse Laplace transform was obtained with the aid of numerical inversion formula based on Stehfest's algorithms with the help of MATHCAD software. The graphical representations showing the effects of the time, retardation time, electro-kinetic width, and fractional parameters on the velocity of the fluid flow and the effects of time and fractional parameters on the temperature distribution in the micro-channel were presented and analyzed. The results show that the applied electric field, electro-osmotic force, electro-kinetic width, and relaxation time play a vital role on the velocity distribution in the micro-channel. The fractional parameters can be used to regulate both the velocity and temperature in the micro-channel. The study could be used in the design of various biomedical lab-on-chip devices, which could be useful for biomedical diagnosis and analysis.

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