An analysis is carried out to evaluate the effects of heat and mass transfer in an electro-osmotic flow of third order fluid via peristaltic pumping. Solutions are derived for small wave number and Peclet number. The emerging non-linear mathematical model is solved analytically and compared numerically by the built-in scheme of working software. The table is inserted for shear stress distribution and a graph for comparison of solution techniques and accuracy of obtained results. The effects of various parameters of interest on pumping, trapping, temperature, heat transfer coefficient, and concentration distribution have been studied graphically. Electro-osmotic exchange of energy and mass has a role in reservoir engineering, chemical industry, and in micro-fabrication technologies.
2 March 2019 in Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
A mathematical scrutiny is introduced for the flow of magneto-hydrodynamic nanofluid through an asymmetric microfluidic channel under an applied axial electric field. The impacts of wall flexibility, Joule heating and upper/lower wall zeta potentials are considered. Electric potential expressions can be modeled in terms of an ionic Nernst–Planck equation, Poisson–Boltzmann equation and Debye length approximation. Appropriate boundary conditions have been utilized to get the results of highly nonlinear coupled PDEs numerically. The impact of physical factors on the characteristics of flow, pumping, trapping and heat transfer has been pointed out. The outcomes may well assist in designing the organ-on-a-chip like gadgets.
Manipulation of heat convection of copper particles in blood has been considered peristaltically. Two-phase flow model is used in a channel with insulating walls. Flow analysis has been approved by assuming small Reynold number and infinite length of wave. Coupled equations are solved. Numerical solution are computed for the pressure gradient, axial velocity function and temperature. Influence of attention-grabbing parameters on flow entities has been analyzed. This study can be considered as mathematical representation to the vibrance of physiological systems/tissues/organs provided with medicine.
27 February 2024 in Microfluidics and Nanofluidics