کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
153908 456543 2009 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Gas–liquid flow in T-junction microfluidic devices with a new perpendicular rupturing flow route
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی شیمی مهندسی شیمی (عمومی)
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Gas–liquid flow in T-junction microfluidic devices with a new perpendicular rupturing flow route
چکیده انگلیسی

In this paper a series of perpendicular rupturing flow routes with differing angles ranging from 30° to 150° between the entrance channels were used to control the gas–liquid phase dispersed flow in T-junction microfluidic devices. Uniform gas bubble plugs were produced in consistent, two-phase flows within the channels of the microfluidic devices. Both the gas–liquid flow and the size of the gas bubbles, which ranged from 800 to 3100 μm in length, depended on several influential factors including the flow rates, the physical properties of the liquid phase, and the angle between entrance channels. Considering these factors and the equilibrium between the shear force and interfacial tension within the microfluidic channels, an equation was derived in the form of L/w = 1/2(QG/QL sin θ + 2/5 cot θ)1/2Ca−1/5 relating the angle between the entrance channels of the two phases to the gas bubble plug length within the microfluidic device. The relationship allows for the prediction of gas bubble plug length in T-junction microfluidic devices employing intersection angles ranging from 30° to 150° and is thus potentially useful for the controllable preparation of monodisperse gas bubbles.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal - Volume 146, Issue 3, 15 February 2009, Pages 428–433
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