simulation of turbulence boiling, generation of vapour and predication of its behaviour are still subject to debate in the two-phase flow area and they receive a high level of worldwide attention. in this study, a new arrangement of the three dimensional governing equations for turbulence two-phase flow with heat and mass transfer are derived by using ensemble averaging two-fluid model and util...

This paper describes various manipulations of micro air bubbles using electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD): transporting, splitting, merging and eliminating. First, in order to understand the response of bubbles to EWOD, the contact angle modulation is measured in a capped air bubble and confirmed to be in good agreement with the Lippmann-Young equation until saturation. Based on the contact ang...

This study provides a comprehensive methodology for optimizing the design of a twophase micro-channel heat sink. The heat sink parameters are grouped into geometrical parameters, operating parameters, and thermal/fluid parameters. The objective of the proposed methodology is to optimize micro-channel dimensions in pursuit of acceptable values for the thermal/fluid parameters corresponding to a ...

Micro channel gas flows are of importance in a range Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS). Due to the confined geometry of the channel, the mean free path of the gas can be comparable to the characteristic length of the micro channel, leading to slip-like flow behavior and strong diffusion-enhanced transport of mass and momentum. The Extended Navier Stokes Equations (ENSE) have successfully ...

This paper describes the fabrication and characteristics of an ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) membrane-shaped micro-actuator and its application to the fabrication of a micro-pump. After fabricating two 8mm×8mm IPMC membraneshaped actuators using a Nafion film, their displacements were measured. The fabricated IPMC membrane-shaped micro-actuators showed displacement of 14∼27μm at the appl...

Spontaneous facial micro-expression analysis has become an active task for recognizing suppressed and involuntary facial expressions shown on the face of humans. Recently, Local Binary Pattern from Three Orthogonal Planes (LBP-TOP) has been employed for micro-expression analysis. However, LBP-TOP suffers from two critical problems, causing a decrease in the performance of micro-expression analy...

Within the last years, new techniques for network covert channels arose, such as covert channel overlay networking, protocol switching covert channels, and adaptive covert channels. These techniques have in common that they rely on covert channel-internal control protocols (so called micro protocols) placed within the hidden bits of a covert channel’s payload. An adaptable approach for the engi...

We describe a method for determining glucose in serum with glucose dehydrogenase immobilized on the inner walls of glass tubes. The reactor was incorporated into a channel of a continuous-flow analyzer (the Technicon SMAC) and used daily for four weeks in routine analysis for serum glucose. During this period we tested the linearity, precision, accuracy, and durability of the reactor. Results c...

An in-situ EXAFS method is developed to study the nucleation and growth processes of nanocrystals by using a microfluidic reactor which converts the time-dependent kinetics to position-dependence. As an example, we measured the Se K-edge EXAFS spectra for CdSe nanocrystals along a microfluidic reactor channel and indicated strong timedependence of the nucleation and growth at the beginning of t...

Tentative design and implementation of an irradiation facility are described, which will add a 14 MeV component to the neutron spectrum in a thermal research reactor irradiation facility. The idea is to exploit the Li(n,T)He reaction in a blanket of lithium in a deuterated environment, placed in a thermal reactor irradiation channel. Existing literature describing similar devices is reviewed, t...