Numerical investigation of using micropolar fluid model for EHD flow through a smooth channel |
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Institution: | 1. School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, PR China;2. Key Laboratory of Aerospace Thermophysics, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, PR China |
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Abstract: | In this paper, a numerical method is presented to investigate the Electrohydrodynamic effect using micropolar fluid model. The EHD flow for the forced convection heat transfer in a smooth channel is simulated. The computed results were compared with the fully turbulent flow approach. It is found that the micropolar model can be used to simulate the hydraulically laminar flow. In addition, the heat transfer enhancement has the same efficiency for both the micropolar and the k-ε models. The change of the applied voltage and the Reynolds number caused various deviations of the results obtained from the two approaches up to a maximum of 20.79%, and a minimum of 0.03%. |
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Keywords: | Electrohydrodynamic Heat transfer Micropolar fluid Numerical simulation |
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