Abstract
Ion and water are transported by electroconvection near permselective membranes, resulting in complex phenomena associated with the flow–fines interaction. Sheltering the flow chaos by the shear flow is a common strategy in plasma fluids and has recently been successfully applied to control ionic fluids. The paper herein reveals the critical selection of shear velocity regarding the fluid from a chaotic to a steady state through numerical and theoretical analyses. For the shear sheltering, the dimensionless Debye length
${\lambda _D}$
with varying channel height is introduced to achieve a comprehensive discussion of the factors and laws affecting the shear vortex state. Based on an analysis of the vortex driving mechanism, the scaling of the slip velocity
${u_s}\sim {(\lambda _D^{ - 1}\Delta {\phi ^4})^{1/3}}$
is recommended as the critical selection factor for the steady and chaotic state under a fixed shear flow velocity, which involves the dimensionless Debye length
${\lambda _D}$
and voltage difference
$\Delta \phi $
. Furthermore, for ionic fluid control by shear flow, a critical shear velocity
${U_{HPC}}$
is proposed to distinguish the electroconvective flow from a chaotic state to a steady state. When the shear flow velocity
${U_{HP}} > {U_{HPC}}$
, the shear flow shelters chaos, and the scaling law is also recommended for the regulation of the critical shear flow velocity
${U_{HPC}}$
jointly by
${\lambda _D}$
and
$\Delta \phi $
. The analysis is confirmed by direct numerical simulation and existing experimental data (J. Fluid Mech, vol. 813, 2017, pp. 799–823). This work provides a more comprehensive physical insight for shear sheltering and affects the design of electromembrane microfluidics.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,Applied Mathematics
Cited by
5 articles.
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