Simulation study on a DC-drive Electroosmotic Micromixer

DOI

10.2991/iccia-17.2017.171How to use a DOI?

Keywords

electroosmotic flow, zeta potential distribution, micromixer, DC-drive.

Abstract

In this paper, a type of DC-drive electroosmotic micro-mixer is proposed by numerical simulation. The model was built and optimized with multi-field coupling technique in finite element formation, in which the mixing efficiency was controlled by changing the Zeta potential distribution of the wall to make it under different driving voltage. In conclusion: (1) Significantly different characters can be observed by different zeta distribution settings; (2) Intensity of mixing can be improved by forming vortex with adequate size in the interface where the solute diffuse; (3) Compared with alternating current, the mixture in channel forced by direct current can get a more stable mixing performance.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chenxiao Meng
AU  - Hanjun Li
AU  - Xiaoying Tang
AU  - Yuanqing Xu
PY  - 2016/07
DA  - 2016/07
TI  - Simulation study on a DC-drive Electroosmotic Micromixer
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Engineering, Information Science & Application Technology (ICCIA 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 972
EP  - 978
SN  - 2352-538X
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccia-17.2017.171
DO  - 10.2991/iccia-17.2017.171
ID  - Meng2016/07
ER  -