Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15255/CABEQ.2014.1938
Evaluation of Diffusion Coefficient Determination using a Microfluidic Device
N. Miložič
; Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
M. Lubej
; Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
U. Novak
; Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
P. Žnidaršič-Plazl
; Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
I. Plazl
orcid.org/0000-0002-5247-1387
; Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
A theoretical description of the convection-diffusion process in a homogeneous system enabling estimation of diffusion coefficients employing commercially available Y-junction microchannel is presented. A detailed numerical analysis based on finite volumes and finite differences, namely the explicit, implicit and Crank-Nicolson method, was performed and analyzed on the same domain in order to verify the proposed models. All numerical approaches provided stable solutions with certain numerical variations depending on the number of iterations defined by the mesh density. In addition, the method
was validated with measurements of diffusion coefficients of some selected components in the short Y-junction microchannel. Benefits and possible pitfalls of this estimation method are discussed.
Keywords
diffusion coefficient; microfluidic device; Y-junction microchannel; mathematical model; numerical methods
Hrčak ID:
120552
URI
Publication date:
5.5.2014.
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