This review article presents an overview on the application of electrohydrodynamics and Joule heating effects in microfluidic chips.A brief introduction of microfluidic chips and a classification of electrohydrodynami...This review article presents an overview on the application of electrohydrodynamics and Joule heating effects in microfluidic chips.A brief introduction of microfluidic chips and a classification of electrohydrodynamics as well as the applications in microfluidic devices are first given.Then basic theories and governing equations of classical electromagnetics are summarized and electroviscous effects in pressure driven flows in a microchannel are presented.Principles and applications of DC electrokinetics,including DC electroosmotic flow,DC electrophoresis,as well as principles of AC electrokinetics,including AC electroosmotic flow and dielectrophoresis are also reviewed.Finally,Joule heating effects in both DC and AC electrokinetics,especially the newly discovered electrothermal flow,are summaried.展开更多
A numerical method for the analysis of the electrothermal deicing system for an airfoil is developed taking into account mass and heat exchange at the moving boundary that separates the water film created due to dropl...A numerical method for the analysis of the electrothermal deicing system for an airfoil is developed taking into account mass and heat exchange at the moving boundary that separates the water film created due to droplet impingement and the ice accretion region.The method relies on a Eulerian approach(used to capture droplet dynamics)and an unsteady heat transfer model(specifically conceived for a multilayer electrothermal problem on the basis of the enthalpy theory and a phase-change correction approach).Through application of the continuous boundary condition for temperature and heat flux at the coupled movingboundary,several simulations of ice accretion,melting and shedding,runback water flow and refreezing phenomena during the electrothermal deicing process are conducted.Finally,the results are verified via comparison with experimental data.A rich set of data concerning the dynamic evolution of the distribution of surface temperature,water film height and ice shape is presented and critically discussed.展开更多
Instead of the capillary plasma generator(CPG),a discharge rod plasma generator(DRPG)is used in the30 mm electrothermal-chemical(ETC)gun to improve the ignition uniformity of the solid propellant.An axisymmetric two-d...Instead of the capillary plasma generator(CPG),a discharge rod plasma generator(DRPG)is used in the30 mm electrothermal-chemical(ETC)gun to improve the ignition uniformity of the solid propellant.An axisymmetric two-dimensional interior ballistics model of the solid propellant ETC gun(2D-IB-SPETCG)is presented to describe the process of the ETC launch.Both calculated pressure and projectile muzzle velocity accord well with the experimental results.The feasibility of the 2D-IB-SPETCG model is proved.Depending on the experimental data and initial parameters,detailed distribution of the ballistics parameters can be simulated.With the distribution of pressure and temperature of the gas phase and the propellant,the influence of plasma during the ignition process can be analyzed.Because of the radial flowing plasma,the propellant in the area of the DRPG is ignited within 0.01 ms,while all propellant in the chamber is ignited within 0.09 ms.The radial ignition delay time is much less than the axial delay time.During the ignition process,the radial pressure difference is less than 5 MPa at the place 0.025 m away from the breech.The radial ignition uniformity is proved.The temperature of the gas increases from several thousand K(conventional ignition)to several ten thousand K(plasma ignition).Compare the distribution of the density and temperature of the gas,we know that low density and high temperature gas appears near the exits of the DRPG,while high density and low temperature gas appears at the wall near the breech.The simulation of the 2D-IB-SPETCG model is an effective way to investigate the interior ballistics process of the ETC launch.The 2D-IB-SPETC model can be used for prediction and improvement of experiments.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.50536010)the Shanghai Municipal Science&Technology Committee through Key Fundamental(Grant No.08JC1411100)
文摘This review article presents an overview on the application of electrohydrodynamics and Joule heating effects in microfluidic chips.A brief introduction of microfluidic chips and a classification of electrohydrodynamics as well as the applications in microfluidic devices are first given.Then basic theories and governing equations of classical electromagnetics are summarized and electroviscous effects in pressure driven flows in a microchannel are presented.Principles and applications of DC electrokinetics,including DC electroosmotic flow,DC electrophoresis,as well as principles of AC electrokinetics,including AC electroosmotic flow and dielectrophoresis are also reviewed.Finally,Joule heating effects in both DC and AC electrokinetics,especially the newly discovered electrothermal flow,are summaried.
基金supported by Rotor Aerodynamics Key Laboratory[Grant Number RAL20180401].
文摘A numerical method for the analysis of the electrothermal deicing system for an airfoil is developed taking into account mass and heat exchange at the moving boundary that separates the water film created due to droplet impingement and the ice accretion region.The method relies on a Eulerian approach(used to capture droplet dynamics)and an unsteady heat transfer model(specifically conceived for a multilayer electrothermal problem on the basis of the enthalpy theory and a phase-change correction approach).Through application of the continuous boundary condition for temperature and heat flux at the coupled movingboundary,several simulations of ice accretion,melting and shedding,runback water flow and refreezing phenomena during the electrothermal deicing process are conducted.Finally,the results are verified via comparison with experimental data.A rich set of data concerning the dynamic evolution of the distribution of surface temperature,water film height and ice shape is presented and critically discussed.
文摘Instead of the capillary plasma generator(CPG),a discharge rod plasma generator(DRPG)is used in the30 mm electrothermal-chemical(ETC)gun to improve the ignition uniformity of the solid propellant.An axisymmetric two-dimensional interior ballistics model of the solid propellant ETC gun(2D-IB-SPETCG)is presented to describe the process of the ETC launch.Both calculated pressure and projectile muzzle velocity accord well with the experimental results.The feasibility of the 2D-IB-SPETCG model is proved.Depending on the experimental data and initial parameters,detailed distribution of the ballistics parameters can be simulated.With the distribution of pressure and temperature of the gas phase and the propellant,the influence of plasma during the ignition process can be analyzed.Because of the radial flowing plasma,the propellant in the area of the DRPG is ignited within 0.01 ms,while all propellant in the chamber is ignited within 0.09 ms.The radial ignition delay time is much less than the axial delay time.During the ignition process,the radial pressure difference is less than 5 MPa at the place 0.025 m away from the breech.The radial ignition uniformity is proved.The temperature of the gas increases from several thousand K(conventional ignition)to several ten thousand K(plasma ignition).Compare the distribution of the density and temperature of the gas,we know that low density and high temperature gas appears near the exits of the DRPG,while high density and low temperature gas appears at the wall near the breech.The simulation of the 2D-IB-SPETCG model is an effective way to investigate the interior ballistics process of the ETC launch.The 2D-IB-SPETC model can be used for prediction and improvement of experiments.
