Fully developed thermal transport in combined pressure and electroosmotically driven flow of nanofluid in a microchannel under the effect of a magnetic field

Sarkar, Sandip and Ganguly, Suvankar (2015) Fully developed thermal transport in combined pressure and electroosmotically driven flow of nanofluid in a microchannel under the effect of a magnetic field. In: MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS, 18 (4). pp. 623-636.

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Abstract

This paper critically analyzes, for the first time, the effect of nanofluid on thermally fully developed magnetohydrodynamic flows through microchannel, by considering combined effects of externally applied pressure gradient and electroosmosis. The classical boundary condition of uniform wall heat flux is considered, and the effects of viscous dissipation as well as Joule heating have been taken into account. Closed-form analytical expressions for the pertinent velocity and temperature distributions and the Nusselt number variations are obtained, in order to examine the role of nanofluids in influencing the fully developed thermal transport in electroosmotic microflows under the effect of magnetic field. Fundamental considerations are invoked to ascertain the consequences of particle agglomeration on the thermophysical properties of the nanofluid. The present theoretical formalism addresses the details of the interparticle interaction kinetics in tune with the pertinent variations in the effective particulate dimensions, volume fractions of the nanoparticles, as well as the aggregate structure of the particulate system. It is revealed that the inclusion of nanofluid changes the transport characteristics and system irreversibility to a considerable extent and can have significant consequences in the design of electroosmotically actuated microfluidic systems.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	MICROFLUIDICS AND NANOFLUIDICS
Publisher:	SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the SPRINGER HEIDELBERG, TIERGARTENSTRASSE 17, D-69121 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
Keywords:	Microchannel; Magnetohydrodynamics; Electroosmosis; Nanofluid
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Mechanical Engineering
Date Deposited:	24 Apr 2015 05:27
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2015 05:27
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/51364

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