Numerical studies of electric double layer effect through microchannel flows

• Main Author: Poh, Soon Teong.
• Other Authors: Ng, Yin Kwee
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/6277
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This work serves to perform a numerical analysis with the use of a finite-volume scheme on the liquid flow and heat transfer in microchannels, with streaming potential as the driving force. The concept f electric double layer (EDL) was introduced to explain the microscale deviation.