RUcore: Rutgers University Community Repository
Numerical modeling of microfluidic two-phase electrohydrodynamic instability
Descriptive
TypeOfResource
Text
TitleInfo
(ID = T-1)
Title
Numerical modeling of microfluidic two-phase electrohydrodynamic instability
SubTitle
PartName
PartNumber
NonSort
Identifier
(displayLabel = );
(invalid = )
ETD_2292
Identifier
(type = hdl)
http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.2/rucore10001600001.ETD.000052156
Language
(objectPart = )
LanguageTerm
(authority = ISO639-2);
(type = code)
eng
Genre
(authority = marcgt)
theses
Subject
(ID = SBJ-1);
(authority = RUETD)
Topic
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Subject
(ID = SBJ-2);
(authority = ETD-LCSH)
Topic
Electrohydrodynamics
Subject
(ID = SBJ-3);
(authority = ETD-LCSH)
Topic
Stability
Abstract
Organic-aqueous liquid (phenol) extraction is one of many standard techniques to efficiently purify DNA directly from cells. Effective dispersion of one fluid phase in the other increases the surface area over which biological component partitioning may occur, and hence enhances DNA extraction efficiency. Electrohydrodynamic (EHD) instability can be harnessed to achieve this goal and has been experimentally demonstrated by Zahn and Reddy (2006). In this work, analysis and simulation are combined to study two-phase EHD instability. In the
problem configuration, the organic (phenol) phase flows into the microchannel in parallel with and sandwiched between two aqueous streams, creating a three-layer planar geometry; the two liquid phases are immiscible. An electric field is applied to induce instability and to break the organic stream into droplets. The Taylor-Melcher leaky-dielectric model is employed to investigate this phenomenon. A linear analysis is carried out with a Chebyshev pseudo-spectral method, whereas a fully nonlinear numerical simulation is implemented using a finite volume, immersed boundary method (IBM). The results from both models compare favorably with each other. The linear analysis reveals basic instability characteristics such as kink and sausage modes. On the other hand, the nonlinear simulation predicts surface deformation in the strongly nonlinear regime pertinent to droplet formation. These numerical tools will be used to investigate the effects of the applied electric field, geometry, and convective flow rate on mixing and dispersion. The eventual objective is to maximize surface area of the organic phase under given experimental conditions for optimized DNA extraction.
problem configuration, the organic (phenol) phase flows into the microchannel in parallel with and sandwiched between two aqueous streams, creating a three-layer planar geometry; the two liquid phases are immiscible. An electric field is applied to induce instability and to break the organic stream into droplets. The Taylor-Melcher leaky-dielectric model is employed to investigate this phenomenon. A linear analysis is carried out with a Chebyshev pseudo-spectral method, whereas a fully nonlinear numerical simulation is implemented using a finite volume, immersed boundary method (IBM). The results from both models compare favorably with each other. The linear analysis reveals basic instability characteristics such as kink and sausage modes. On the other hand, the nonlinear simulation predicts surface deformation in the strongly nonlinear regime pertinent to droplet formation. These numerical tools will be used to investigate the effects of the applied electric field, geometry, and convective flow rate on mixing and dispersion. The eventual objective is to maximize surface area of the organic phase under given experimental conditions for optimized DNA extraction.
PhysicalDescription
Form
(authority = gmd)
electronic resource
Extent
xix, 104 p. : ill.
InternetMediaType
application/pdf
InternetMediaType
text/xml
Note
(type = degree)
M.S.
Note
(type = bibliography)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-104)
Note
(type = statement of responsibility)
by Venkat raman Thenkarai Narayanan
Name
(ID = NAME-1);
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Thenkarai Narayanan
NamePart
(type = given)
Venkat raman
NamePart
(type = termsOfAddress)
NamePart
(type = date)
1982-
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
author
Description
DisplayForm
Venkat raman Thenkarai Narayanan
Name
(ID = NAME-2);
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Lin
NamePart
(type = given)
Hao
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
chair
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
DisplayForm
Hao Lin
Name
(ID = NAME-3);
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Zahn
NamePart
(type = given)
Jeffrey
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
co-chair
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
DisplayForm
Jeffrey D Zahn
Name
(ID = NAME-4);
(type = personal)
NamePart
(type = family)
Shan
NamePart
(type = given)
Jerry
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
co-chair
Affiliation
Advisory Committee
DisplayForm
Jerry Shan
Name
(ID = NAME-1);
(type = corporate)
NamePart
Rutgers University
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
degree grantor
Name
(ID = NAME-2);
(type = corporate)
NamePart
Graduate School - New Brunswick
Role
RoleTerm
(authority = RULIB);
(type = )
school
OriginInfo
DateCreated
(point = );
(qualifier = exact)
2010
DateOther
(qualifier = exact);
(type = degree)
2010-01
Place
PlaceTerm
(type = code)
xx
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Rutgers University Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
(type = RULIB)
ETD
RelatedItem
(type = host)
TitleInfo
Title
Graduate School - New Brunswick Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Identifier
(type = local)
rucore19991600001
Location
PhysicalLocation
(authority = marcorg);
(displayLabel = Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
NjNbRU
Identifier
(type = doi)
doi:10.7282/T3ZW1M2G
Genre
(authority = ExL-Esploro)
ETD graduate
Back to the top
Rights
RightsDeclaration
(AUTHORITY = GS);
(ID = rulibRdec0006)
The author owns the copyright to this work.
Copyright
Status
Copyright protected
Notice
Note
Availability
Status
Open
Reason
Permission or license
Note
RightsHolder
(ID = PRH-1);
(type = personal)
Name
FamilyName
Thenkarai Narayanan
GivenName
Venkat raman
Role
Copyright Holder
RightsEvent
(ID = RE-1);
(AUTHORITY = rulib)
Type
Permission or license
Label
Place
DateTime
2009-12-10 21:53:59
Detail
AssociatedEntity
(ID = AE-1);
(AUTHORITY = rulib)
Role
Copyright holder
Name
Venkat raman Thenkarai Narayanan
Affiliation
Rutgers University. Graduate School - New Brunswick
AssociatedObject
(ID = AO-1);
(AUTHORITY = rulib)
Type
License
Name
Author Agreement License
Detail
I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
Back to the top
Technical
ContentModel
ETD
MimeType
(TYPE = file)
application/pdf
MimeType
(TYPE = container)
application/x-tar
FileSize
(UNIT = bytes)
4608000
Checksum
(METHOD = SHA1)
87a23d06bf1a868363cc45120f2c85f7035dcb99
Back to the top
Statistical Profile