Title :
Electrokinetic and nanofluid slip flow in rectangular and circular microchannels regarding constant heat flux
Author_Institution :
Laboratorij of Thermomech., Transfer Phenomena & Nanotechnol., Univ. of Maribor, Krsko, Slovenia
Abstract :
In the presented article I developed a formulation and mathematical model of elektrokinetic fluid motion and nanofluid motion and temperature distribution in rectangular and circular microchannels. I have developed the formulations for pressure driven flow, flow under electromagnetic forces with slip conditions. The transport properties for nanofluids I have calculated on the basis of statistical mechanics. Friction, thermal and electromagnetic irreversibilities have significance in energy efficiency of microfluid systems. The results indicate that influence of volume fraction of nanoparticles have the big influence on velocity and sensitive influence on temperature distribution in microchannels.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; electrokinetic effects; electromagnetic forces; microchannel flow; nanofluidics; slip flow; statistical mechanics; temperature distribution; circular microchannels; constant heat flux; electrokinetic slip flow; electromagnetic forces; electromagnetic irreversibilities; elektrokinetic fluid motion; energy efficiency; friction irreversibilities; mathematical model; microfluid systems; nanofluid motion; nanofluid slip flow; nanoparticle volume fraction; pressure driven flow formulations; rectangular microchannels; statistical mechanics; temperature distribution; thermal irreversibilities; transport properties; Conductivity; Mathematical model; Microchannel; Nanoparticles; Thermal conductivity; Viscosity;
Conference_Titel :
Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO), 2012 12th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Birmingham
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2198-3
DOI :
10.1109/NANO.2012.6321894
