A descriptive force-balance model for droplet formation at microfluidic Y-junctions

AIChE Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2641-2649

  Steegmans, Maartje L J ^a   De Ruiter, Jolet ^a   Schroën, Karin G P H ^a   Boom, Remko M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Droplet size; Emulsion; Force balance model; Microchannel; Viscosity; Wall effects

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS PHASE; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DISPERSE PHASE; DROPLET FORMATION; DROPLET SIZES; ETHANOL WATER MIXTURES; FLOWRATE RATIO; FORCE BALANCES; FORCE-BALANCE MODEL; GOVERNING PARAMETERS; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; JETTING REGIMES; MODEL-BASED; MONODISPERSE DROPLETS; PHASE FLOW; PHASE PROPERTIES; PHASE VISCOSITY; PROCESS CONDITION; VISCOSITY RATIOS; WALL EFFECTS; Y-JUNCTIONS;

EMULSIFICATION; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; POLYMER BLENDS; VISCOSITY;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 78149364198     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12176     Document Type: Article

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