Journal
MICROMACHINES
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/mi13010066
Keywords
modulated charged potential; electric double layer (EDL); streaming potential; microchannel
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11902164, 11772162, 12102206]
- Natural Science Foundation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China [2021MS01007, 2021BS01002]
- Inner Mongolia Grassland Talent [12000-12102013]
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This paper investigates the effects of asymmetrically modulated charged surfaces on streaming potential, velocity field, and flow rate. The modulated charged potentials on the walls of a parallel-plate microchannel are described by a cosine function. The analytical solutions of potential and velocities are obtained by considering the Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation and the modified Navier-Stokes (N-S) equation. The results show that the charge-modulated potentials enhance the streaming potential, velocity, and flow rate, and facilitate fluid mixing. Furthermore, the flow rate can be controlled using a low-amplitude magnetic field.
In this paper, the effects of asymmetrically modulated charged surfaces on streaming potential, velocity field and flow rate are investigated under the axial pressure gradient and vertical magnetic field. In a parallel-plate microchannel, modulated charged potentials on the walls are depicted by the cosine function. The flow of incompressible Newtonian fluid is two-dimensional due to the modulated charged surfaces. Considering the Debye-Huckel approximation, the Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation and the modified Navier-Stokes (N-S) equation are established. The analytical solutions of the potential and velocities (u and v) are obtained by means of the superposition principle and stream function. The unknown streaming potential is determined by the condition that the net ionic current is zero. Finally, the influences of pertinent dimensionless parameters (modulated potential parameters, Hartmann number and slip length) on the flow field, streaming potential, velocity field and flow rate are discussed graphically. During the flow process and under the impact of the charge-modulated potentials, the velocity profiles present an oscillating characteristic, and vortexes are generated. The results show that the charge-modulated potentials are beneficial for the enhancement of the streaming potential, velocity and flow rate, which also facilitate the mixing of fluids. Meanwhile, the flow rate can be controlled through the use of a low-amplitude magnetic field.
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