Numerical Study of Electro-Osmotic Fluid Flow and Vortex Formation

Autor(es)

Bezerra, Wesley De Souza ^[1] ; Castelo, Antonio ^[2] ; Afonso, Alexandre M. ^[3]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Fundacao Univ Fed Grande Dourados, FACET, Fac Ciencias Exatas & Tecnol, Km 12, BR-79804970 Dourados, MS - Brazil

^[2] Univ Sao Paulo, ICMC, Dept Matemat Aplicada & Estat, Av Trabalhador Sao Carlense 400, BR-13566590 Sao Carlos - Brazil

^[3] Univ Porto, Fac Engn, Dept Engn Mecan, CEFT, P-4200465 Porto - Portugal

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: MICROMACHINES; v. 10, n. 12 DEC 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 0

Resumo

The phenomenon of electro-osmosis was studied by performing numerical simulations on the flow between parallel walls and at the nozzle microchannels. In this work, we propose a numerical approximation to perform simulations of vortex formation which occur after the passage of the fluid through an abrupt contraction at the microchannel. The motion of the charges in the solution is described by the Poisson-Nernst-Planck equations and used the generalized finite differences to solve the numerical problem. First, solutions for electro-osmotic flow were obtained for the Phan-Thien/Thanner model in a parallel walls channel. Later simulations for electro-osmotic flow were performed in a nozzle. The formation of vortices near the contraction within the nozzle was verified by taking into account a flow perturbation model. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 13/07375-0 - CeMEAI - Centro de Ciências Matemáticas Aplicadas à Indústria
• Beneficiário: Francisco Louzada Neto
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Centros de Pesquisa, Inovação e Difusão - CEPIDs