Viscous heating of a laminar flow in the thermal entrance region of a rectangular channel with rounded corners and uniform wall temperature

N Suzzi, M Lorenzini - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
The numerical solution of Graetz-Brinkman problem is obtained for channels having
rectangular cross section with rounded corners, under T boundary condition applied on the …

Electrothermal transport in biological systems: an analytical approach for electrokinetically modulated peristaltic flow

D Tripathi, A Sharma… - Journal of …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
A mathematical model is presented to study the combined viscous electro-osmotic (EO) flow
and heat transfer in a finite length microchannel with peristaltic wavy walls in the presence of …

Heat transfer for a Giesekus fluid in a rotating concentric annulus

M Lorenzini, I Daprà, G Scarpi - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Annular flow of a viscoelastic fluid described by the Giesekus model has received some
attention over the years, both concerning the fluid mechanical and thermal aspects, yet no …

Heat transfer characteristics and entropy generation of electroosmotic flow in a rotating rectangular microchannel

R Sun, W Hu, B Jiao, C Qi - International Journal of Thermal Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate thermal transport characteristics and analyze entropy
generation of thermally fully-developed electroosmotic flow (EOF) in a rotating rectangular …

Combined Geometrical Optimisation of a Square Microchannel with Smoothed Corners

M Lorenzini, N Suzzi - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Several engineering systems currently use microchannel heat sinks. In order to increase the
performance of these devices, optimisation according to the first and second law of …

Numerical investigation of thermally developing and fully developed electro-osmotic flow in channels with rounded corners

N Suzzi, M Lorenzini - Fluids, 2021 - mdpi.com
Electro-osmotic flow, that is, the motion of a polar fluid in microducts induced by an external
electric field, is one micro-effect which allows fluid circulation without the use of mechanical …

Electro-osmotic non-isothermal flow in rectangular channels with smoothed corners

M Lorenzini - Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 2020 - Elsevier
Microchannel heat sinks are able to provide high cooling capabilities in terms of heat flux
rates. This makes them particularly interesting for the thermal management of electronic …

Performance assessment of electro-osmotic flow of rectangular microchannels with smoothed corners

N Suzzi, M Lorenzini - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Microchannel heat sinks are a viable alternative to traditional thermal management systems
when high fluxes over small surfaces are involved. To avoid high pressure drops especially …

Electro-osmotic flows inside triangular microchannels

P Vocale, M Geri, GL Morini… - Journal of Physics …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This work presents a numerical investigation of both pure electro-osmotic and combined
electro-osmotic/pressure-driven flows inside triangular microchannels. A finite element …

Thermal Transport in the Entry Region of a Microchannel in the Presence of Electro-osmotic Flow

N Suzzi, M Lorenzini - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The motion of a polar fluid in microducts induced by an external electric field, known as
electro-osmotic flow, enables fluid circulation without the need for mechanical devices. This …