Thickness-averaged model for numerical simulation of electroosmotic flow in three-dimensional microfluidic chips

The microfiuidic system is a multi-physics interaction field that has at- tracted great attention. The electric double layers and electroosmosis are important flow-electricity interaction phenomena. This paper presents a thickness-averaged model to solve three-dimensional complex electroosmotic flows in a wide-shallow microchan- nel/chamber combined （MCC） chip based on the Navier-Stokes equations for the flow field and the Poisson equation to the electric field. Behaviors of the electroosmotic flow, the electric field, and the pressure are analyzed. The quantitative effects of the wall charge density （or the zeta potential） and the applied electric field on the electroosmotic flow rate are investigated. The two-dimensional thickness-averaged flow model greatly simplifies the three-dimensional computation of the complex electroosmotic flows, and correctly reflects the electrookinetic effects of the wall charge on the flow. The numerical results indicate that the electroosmotic flow rate of the thickness-averaged model agrees well with that of the three-dimensional slip-boundary flow model. The flow streamlines and pressure distribution of these two models are in qualitative agreement.

特低渗透油层边界层—双电层微流调控研究进展

有效动用并经济开发低渗透油田储量,对石油工业的持续稳定发展具有十分重要的意义。特低渗透油层孔喉细小,流体呈微纳流流动,边界层效应凸显。因此,有必要研究边界层的形成机制和作用方式,并以此为理论基础,改变油层润湿性,提出提高流体渗透率的微流调控方法。综述了特低渗透油层边界层厚度对孔喉有效半径的影响,各种矿物/流体作用模型,双电层模型及其对流体渗流能力的影响,分析了当前微流调控的物理—化学方法。指出今后研究的重点方向为:①边界层层内分子相互作用方式;②相邻不同矿物微粒表面上边界层的相互作用及对流体渗流的控制机制;③逐步完善各种微流调控方法,并注重各种调控方法的协同应用。