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Title: Microchannels analogues for the study of viscoelastic fluid flows through porous media
Authors: Galindo-Rosales, FJ
Campo-Deaño, L
Oliveira, MSN
Alves, MA
Pinho, FT
Bokhorst, EV
Hamersma, PJ
3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2011)
Keywords: Microfluidics;Porous media;Rheology;Contraction/expansions;Viscoelasticity
Issue Date: 2011
Publisher: Brunel University
Citation: 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22-24 August 2011
Abstract: This work studies the flow behavior and related pressure losses of viscoelastic polymer solutions in microchannels with two different sequences of contraction/expansion, disposed in a symmetric and an asymmetric arrangement, respectively. These microfluidic devices are proposed as simplified microchannel analogues for the flow of Newtonian and viscoelastic fluids through porous media. The results show that the symmetric configuration mimics the pressure gradient of these polymer solutions through a porous medium at low flow rates (below a critical Deborah number, Decr), while the asymmetric arrangement gives the asymptotic limit at high De values (above Decr) as a consequence of the intrinsic differences in the extensional rate profiles defined by each microgeometry.
Description: This paper was presented at the 3rd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2011), which was held at the Makedonia Palace Hotel, Thessaloniki in Greece. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Italian Union of Thermofluiddynamics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, University of Thessaly, IPEM, the Process Intensification Network, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, the Heat Transfer Society, HEXAG - the Heat Exchange Action Group, and the Energy Institute.
URI: http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6737
ISBN: 978-1-902316-98-7
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