Effects of joule heating and viscous dissipation on electromagneto-hydrodynamic flow in a microchannel with electroosmotic effect: Enhancement of MEMS cooling
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Effects of joule heating and viscous dissipation on electromagneto-hydrodynamic flow in a microchannel with electroosmotic effect: Enhancement of MEMS cooling
This paper inspects the effect of Joule heating and viscous dissipation due to electric double layer (EDL) and electroosmotic effect on steady fully developed electromagnetohydrodynamic flow in a microchannel. Dimensionless formulations of the Poisson-Boltzmann, momentum, and energy equations are derived for the electric potential, velocity profile, and temperature distribution in the microchannel. Exact solutions for the temperature distributions and velocity profile were obtained using the method of undetermined coefficients. The Debye-Hückel linearization is used to get exact solution for the electric potential. The results showed that Brinkmann number , Joule heating parameter , Debye-Hückel parameter , Hartmann number , and electric field have a substantial impact on flow formation and heat transfer. The complex interaction between joule heating, viscous dissipation, and the EOF effect were accurately captured. The range values for the governing parameter for , , , , and are , and respectively.
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