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Laminar Drag Reduction in Microchannels with Liquid Infused Textured Surfaces

Karunesh Kant
R. Pitchumani
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Liquid infused surfaces (LIS) achieve non-wetting properties through asperity structures containing pockets of a lubricating liquid rather than air. Although studies have demonstrated several potential applications of LIS, the effect of liquid infused texture on the flow of liquid in microchannels has not been systematically addressed. The present work focuses on the effect of liquid-infused texture geometry and the infused liquid properties on the flow characteristics of a bulk fluid in rectangular and round microchannel geometries. Considering four different textured geometries of transverse ridges, longitudinal ridges, in-lined square posts and staggered square post arrangements, a detailed parametric study is presented to assess the resulting drag reduction and friction factor, expressed in terms of the Poiseuille number, on the flow in microchannels. The effect of geometrical parameters is investigated for different asperity solid fraction (), asperity height) and channel thickness () or tube diameter ( (ℎ), while the effect of the infused fluid is studied in terms of a ratio of its viscosity relative to the viscosity of the flowing bulk fluid. Based on the results of the parametric study an extension of the conventional Moody diagram for non-wetting surfaces is developed. Further, a design of experiments study is conducted to relate the drag reduction and Poiseuille number to the various governing parameters, using which conditions that maximize drag reduction are identified.

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hal-02963444 , version 1 (10-10-2020)

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Karunesh Kant, R. Pitchumani. Laminar Drag Reduction in Microchannels with Liquid Infused Textured Surfaces. Chemical Engineering Science, 2021, pp.116196. ⟨10.1016/j.ces.2020.116196⟩. ⟨hal-02963444⟩
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