电场和粘性流体极性对平行板之间的毛细管驱动的流动力学产生影响
Rizwan Ul Hassan1, Shaheer Mohiuddin Khalil2, Saeed Ahmed Khan2,3
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
Heliyon
|May 30, 2023
概括
电场显著增强微流体系统中粘性流体的流动,提高了高达45%的下填充应用性能. 这项研究提供了一种用于控制微电机系统中的流体动力学的新方法.
科学领域:
- 微流体和微电机系统 (MEMS).
- 生物医学工程和流体动力学.
背景情况:
- 微流体设备中的粘性液体的毛细管驱动的流动,例如填充应用,往往很慢.
- 改善这种流动对于MEMS设备的商业化至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究电势对粘性流体的毛细管驱动流量的影响.
- 探索在微流体应用中增强下填充流量的方法.
主要方法:
- 在不同电位 (高达500V) 下对粘性流体流量的实验研究.
- 使用NaCl添加剂改变流体极性,以研究导电流体的行为.
- 使用COMSOL Multiphysics进行时间依赖的数值模拟,包括准静电,平面集和层状双相流模块.
主要成果:
- 将电位提高到500V,使粘性液体的下填充流量长度提高了45%.
- 高粘度导电液 (含有0.5-4%NaCl的甘油) 在500V时比0V时,其流长增加了20-41%.
- 数字模拟结果与实验数据密切匹配,平均偏差为4-7%.
结论:
- 电场可以有效地控制和增强高粘度流体的毛细血管驱动的流动.
- 观察到的增强归因于诱导的极性和在电势下增加的流体容量.
- 这种方法对优化MEMS设备中的下填充应用具有重大潜力.
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