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  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Electrokinetics

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  • Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) flow instability is crucial in microfluidics and electronic devices.
  • Unipolar charge injection drives EHD phenomena, leading to complex flow patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate three-dimensional (3D) EHD flow instability with unipolar charge injection.
  • Analyze the effects of cross flow and pattern perturbations on flow dynamics.
  • Characterize the transition from 3D to 2D flow and its impact on charge transport.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Lattice Boltzmann method with a two-relaxation time model for numerical simulations.
  • Employed dynamic mode decomposition to analyze transient flow patterns and growth rates.
  • Investigated the influence of varying parameters like electrical Rayleigh number and cross flow velocity.

Main Results:

  • Observed electroconvective vortices in the absence of cross flow, influenced by perturbation patterns.
  • Demonstrated that cross flow suppresses vortex structures aligned with its direction.
  • Found that a transition from 3D to 2D flow enhances convective charge transport, increasing the electric Nusselt number.
  • Characterized hysteresis in the 3D to 2D transition using the nondimensional parameter Y.

Conclusions:

  • The study elucidates the complex interplay between electrokinetics, cross flow, and dimensionality in EHD systems.
  • Findings reveal that reduced dimensionality can unexpectedly enhance charge transport efficiency.
  • Identified hysteresis as a key feature in the transition between flow regimes, relevant for device design.