Electromagnetic Modeling and Analysis of Droplet Shape and Actuation in Suspended Pipe System

Author

Sung, Tan Il ; Kim, Han Sang ; Park, Il Han ; Choi, Hong Soon

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. & Commun. Eng., Sungkyunkwan Univ., Suwon, South Korea

fYear

2012

fDate

19-21 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

For the electrowetting phenomenon, conventional studies on movement of micro fluids have been based on transition of contact angle. In this paper, an electrowetting-based suspended pipe system is presented and it is modeled and analyzed using a multi-physical approach of electromagnetics and fluidics. Its characteristics are numerically analyzed by finite element method. The experimental data of the manufactured setup are compared with the analysis data to validate the presented model and analysis methodology.

Keywords

actuators; contact angle; drops; electrohydrodynamics; finite element analysis; flow control; microfluidics; pipe flow; two-phase flow; wetting; contact angle; droplet shape analysis; electromagnetic model; electromagnetic multiphysical approach; electrowetting phenomenon; electrowetting-based suspended pipe system; finite element method; microfluid movement process; numerical analysis; Analytical models; Electric potential; Electrodes; Fluids; Force; Numerical models; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Field Problems and Applications (ICEF), 2012 Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Dalian, Liaoning

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1333-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEF.2012.6310272

Filename

6310272