Viscous micropump of immiscible fluids using magnetohydrodynamic effects and a power-law conducting fluid



Document title: Viscous micropump of immiscible fluids using magnetohydrodynamic effects and a power-law conducting fluid
Journal: Revista mexicana de física
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000447362
ISSN: 0035-001X
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Ciudad de México. México
2Universidad Tecnológica de México, Ciudad de México. México
Year:
Season: Nov-Dic
Volumen: 67
Number: 6
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, teórico
English abstract Small-scale fluid transport methods have grown significantly in recent years, mainly in microfluidic system applications. Therefore, the present study analyzes the movement of two layers of immiscible fluids within a parallel flat plate microchannel. The fluid layers are composed of a Newtonian fluid and a power-law fluid. The pumping is produced by magnetohydrodynamic effects that act on the non-Newtonian conducting fluid dragging the non-conducting Newtonian fluid by viscous forces. Under the consideration of a laminar, incompressible, and unidirectional flow, a dimensionless mathematical model is established by the momentum equations for each fluid, together with the corresponding boundary conditions at solid-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces. The problem formulation is semi-analytically solved using the Newton-Raphson method. The results are presented as a function of the velocity profiles and flow rate, showing interesting behaviors that depend on the physical and electrical properties of each fluid and flow conditions via the dimensionless parameters such as the flow behavior index, a magnetic parameter related to Lorentz forces, the fluid viscosity ratios and the dimensionless liquid-liquid interface position. This work contributes to the understanding of the various immiscible non-conducting fluid pumping techniques that can be used in microdevices
Disciplines: Física y astronomía
Keyword: Microbomba,
Fluidos no newtonianos,
Fluidos inmiscibles,
Magnetohidrodinámica,
Microcanal de placas planas paralelas
Keyword: Micropump,
Non Newtonian fluids,
Immiscible fluids,
Magnetohydrodynamics,
Parallel flat plates microchannel
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