Thermally Fully Developed Electroosmotic Flow of Power-Law Nanofluid in a Rectangular Microchannel
Institute of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology, Maoming 525000, China
Micromachines 2019, 10(6), 363; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10060363
Received: 6 May 2019
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Revised: 24 May 2019
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Accepted: 28 May 2019
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Published: 30 May 2019
(This article belongs to the Section A：Physics)
The hydrodynamic and thermal behavior of the electroosmotic flow of power-law nanofluid is studied. A modified Cauchy momentum equation governing the hydrodynamic behavior of power-law nanofluid flow in a rectangular microchannel is firstly developed. To explore the thermal behavior of power-law nanofluid flow, the energy equation is developed, which is coupled to the velocity field. A numerical algorithm based on the Crank–Nicolson method and compact difference schemes is proposed, whereby the velocity, temperature, and Nusselt number are computed for different parameters. A larger nanoparticle volume fraction significantly reduces the velocity and enhances the temperature regardless of the base fluid rheology. The Nusselt number increases with the flow behavior index and with electrokinetic width when considering the surface heating effect, which decreases with the Joule heating parameter. The heat transfer rate of electroosmotic flow is enhanced for shear thickening nanofluids or at a greater nanoparticle volume fraction.
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Keywords:
power-law nanofluid; electroosmotic flow; heat transfer; compact difference scheme; nanoparticle volume friction; Joule heating parameter
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