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Two-Layer Electroosmotic Flow in a Parallel Plate Microchannel with Sinusoidal Corrugation.

Long Chang^1,2, Mandula Buren³, Geming Bai¹

¹School of Statistics and Mathematics, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics, Hohhot 010071, China.

|November 27, 2024

Summary

This study examines electroosmotic flow (EOF) in a two-layer microchannel with corrugated walls. Velocity is affected by wall corrugation phase, fluid viscosity, and zeta potential, with roughness impacting average velocity.

Keywords:

conducting fluid and nonconducting fluid electric double layer electroosmotic flow sinusoidal corrugated wall two-fluid pump

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Area of Science:

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Microfluidics
Electrokinetics

Background:

Investigates electroosmotic flow (EOF) in a two-layer Newtonian fluid system.
Focuses on a parallel plate microchannel with sinusoidal corrugated walls.
Considers a system with a conducting upper fluid and a nonconducting lower fluid.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze the electroosmotic flow behavior in a complex microchannel geometry.
To understand the influence of fluid properties and wall characteristics on flow dynamics.
To derive potential distribution, velocity field, and average velocity dependence on roughness.

Main Methods:

Employs the Debye-Hückel approximation.
Utilizes perturbation expansion and the separation of variables technique.
Analyzes the impact of phase difference between wall corrugations.

Main Results:

Velocity distribution is significantly influenced by the phase difference between wall corrugations.
Flow velocity decreases with increasing viscosity ratio and is proportional to pressure gradient and zeta potential ratio.
Average velocity increment (roughness function) generally decreases with increased corrugation wave number, electrokinetic width, depth ratio, zeta potential ratio, and pressure gradient.

Conclusions:

The phase difference between wall corrugations is a critical factor in EOF velocity distribution.
Fluid viscosity ratio, pressure gradient, and zeta potential are key parameters governing flow.
Wall roughness effects on average velocity are dependent on multiple dimensionless parameters.