Approximate Solution for Electroosmotic Flow of Power-Law Fluids in a Planar Microchannel with Asymmetric Electrochemical Boundary Conditions.

ABSTRACT: Electroosmotic flow (EOF) is widely used in microfluidic systems and chemical analysis. It is driven by an electric force inside microchannel with highly charged boundary conditions. In practical applications, electrochemical boundary conditions are often inhomogeneous because different materials as walls are commonly utilized in routine fabrication methods. In the present study, we focus on the analytic solutions of the EOF generated in a planar microchannel with asymmetric electrochemical boundary conditions for non-Newtonian fluids. The velocity profile and flow rate are approximated by employing the power-law model of fluids in the Cauchy momentum equation. The hydrodynamic features of the EOF under asymmetric zeta potentials are scrutinized as a function of the fluid behavior index of

SUBMITTER: Choi W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6187346 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature