Hydrodynamics of liquid-liquid Taylor flow in microchannels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 180-189

  Gupta, Raghvendra ^a,b   Leung, Sharon S Y ^b   Manica, Rogerio ^a   Fletcher, David F ^b   Haynes, Brian S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Liquid droplets; Microfluidics; Multiphase flow; Pressure drop; Segmented flow; Slug flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; PARAFFINS; PRESSURE DROP;

ANNULAR FLOWS; CFD SIMULATIONS; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DROPLET-BASED MICROFLUIDICS; DYNAMIC PRESSURES; FILM FLOWS; HEXADECANE; INTERFACIAL PRESSURE; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; LIQUID DROPLETS; LIQUID PHASE; LIQUID-LIQUIDS; LOW VISCOSITY; SEGMENTED FLOW; SLUG FLOW; TAYLOR FLOW; UNIT CELLS; UPWARD FLOW; VISCOSITY RATIOS; VOLUME-OF-FLUID METHOD; WATER-DISPERSED;

DROPS;

EID: 84874467317     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.01.013     Document Type: Article

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