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Trying to use AC Voltage on Lamella mixer's boundaries - no results!
Posted May 9, 2011, 12:36 p.m. EDT MEMS & Nanotechnology, Fluid & Heat, MEMS & Piezoelectric Devices, Microfluidics, Installation & License Management, Modeling Tools & Definitions, Parameters, Variables, & Functions, Results & Visualization 1 Reply
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Hello. I have been trying to use the concept of the electroosmotic micromixer - using AC Voltage to pertubrate laminar flow of fluids in the lamella mixer.
I am trying to look into mixing of the two layers close to the boundaries as well. So, I have divided the original lamella mixer's mixing region into three parts parts, added an emdc multiphysics module, and set the voltage from 0.1 V to 10 V.
After doing a transient analysis several times, I have found that the flow displays no mixing due to AC voltage and it is time independent too. This shouldn't ideally be the case!
I am looking into it. Is there something I might have done wrong? Something like coupling, or post processing or importing the modules?
I have shared the file I am working on here -
rapidshare.com/files/461566469/Dharav_-_Lamella_Mixer_with_AC_Current.rar
NOTE - I have BASICALLY used electrosomotic micromixer's emdc multiphysics in Lamella Mixer, using the same set of values and made appropriate changes in the geometry.
I am trying to look into mixing of the two layers close to the boundaries as well. So, I have divided the original lamella mixer's mixing region into three parts parts, added an emdc multiphysics module, and set the voltage from 0.1 V to 10 V.
After doing a transient analysis several times, I have found that the flow displays no mixing due to AC voltage and it is time independent too. This shouldn't ideally be the case!
I am looking into it. Is there something I might have done wrong? Something like coupling, or post processing or importing the modules?
I have shared the file I am working on here -
rapidshare.com/files/461566469/Dharav_-_Lamella_Mixer_with_AC_Current.rar
NOTE - I have BASICALLY used electrosomotic micromixer's emdc multiphysics in Lamella Mixer, using the same set of values and made appropriate changes in the geometry.
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Any help will be much appreciated! This is indeed kind of urgent!