Generating microbubbles in a co-flowing microfluidic device

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 486-495

  Wang, Kai ^a   Xie, Lisi ^a   Lu, Yangcheng ^a   Luo, Guangsheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Co flowing microchannel; Gas liquid interface; Generation mechanism; Microbubble; Organic and inorganic gases; Pressure fluctuation

Indexed keywords

FLUIDIC DEVICES; LIQUIDS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAS-LIQUID INTERFACE; GENERATION MECHANISM; MICRO-BUBBLE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROBUBBLE GENERATION; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; YOUNG LAPLACE EQUATION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 84880514127     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.02.021     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Abate A.R., Weitz D.A. Air-bubble-triggered drop formation in microfluidics. Lab Chip 2011, 11:1713-1716.
2. Castro-Hernandez E., van Hoeve W., Lohse D., Gordillo J.M. Microbubble generation in a co-flow device operated in a new regime. Lab Chip 2011, 11:2023-2029.
3. Chen D., Li L., Reyes S., Adamson D.N., Ismagilov R.F. Using three-phase flow of immiscible liquids to prevent coalescence of droplets in microfluidic channels: criteria to identify the third liquid and validation with protein crystallization. Langmuir 2007, 23:2255-2260.
4. Christopher G.F., Noharuddin N.N., Taylor J.A., Anna S.L. Experimental observations of the squeezing-to-dripping transition in T-shaped microfluidic junctions. Phys. Rev. E 2008, 78:036317.
5. Fu T.T., Ma Y.G., Funfschilling D., Li H.Z. Gas-liquid flow stability and bubble formation in non-newtonian fluids in microfluidic flow-focusing devices. Microfluidics Nanofluidics 2011, 10:1135-1140.
6. Garstecki P., Fuerstman M.J., Stone H.A., Whitesides G.M. Formation of droplets and bubbles in a microfluidic T-junction-scaling and mechanism of break-up. Lab Chip 2006, 6:437-446.
7. Garstecki P., Fuerstman M.J., Whitesides G.M. Nonlinear dynamics of a flow-focusing bubble generator: an inverted dripping faucet. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2005, 94:234502.
8. Garstecki P., Stone H.A., Whitesides G.M. Mechanism for flow-rate controlled breakup in confined geometries: a route to monodisperse emulsions. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2005, 94:164501.
9. Hashimoto M., Shevkoplyas S.S., Zasonska B., Szymborski T., Garstecki P., Whitesides G.M. Formation of bubbles and droplets in parallel, coupled flow-focusing geometries. Small 2008, 4:1795-1805.
10. Hashimoto M., Whitesides G.M. Formation of bubbles in a multisection flow-focusing junction. Small 2010, 6:1051-1059.
11. Marin A.G., Campo-Cortes F., Gordillo J.M. Generation of micron-sized drops and bubbles through viscous coflows. Colloid. Surf. A-Physico. Eng. Aspects 2009, 344:2-7.
12. Marmottant P., Raven J.P. Microfluidics with foams. Soft Matter 2009, 5:3385-3388.
13. Onal Y., Lucas M., Claus P. Application of a capillary microreactor for selective hydrogenation of alpha,beta-unsaturated aldehydes in aqueous multiphase catalysis. Chem. Eng. & Technol. 2005, 28:972-978.
14. Pohorecki R., Kula K. A simple mechanism of bubble and slug formation in Taylor flow in microchannels. Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 2008, 86:997-1001.
15. Shui L., Eijkel J., van den Berg A. Multiphase flow in microfluidic systems - control and applications of droplets and interfaces. Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 2007, 133:35-49.
16. Sobieszuk P., Cyganski P., Pohorecki R. Bubble lengths in the gas-liquid Taylor flow in microchannels. Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 2010, 88:263-269.
17. Tan J., Du L., Lu Y.C., Xu J.H., Luo G.S. Development of a gas-liquid microstructured system for oxidation of hydrogenated 2-ethyltetrahydroanthraquinone. Chem. Eng. J. 2011, 171:1406-1414.
18. Tan J., Du L., Xu J.H., Wang K., Luo G.S. Surfactant-free microdispersion process of gas in organic solvents in microfluidic devices. AIChE J. 2011, 57:2647-2656.
19. Tan J., Li S.W., Wang K., Luo G.S. Gas-liquid flow in T-junction microfluidic devices with a new perpendicular rupturing flow route. Chem. Eng. J. 2009, 146:428-433.
20. Tan J., Lu Y.C., Xu J.H., Luo G.S. Mass transfer characteristic in the formation stage of gas-liquid segmented flow in microchannel. Chem. Eng. J. 2012, 185:314-320.
21. Tan J., Lu Y.C., Xu J.H., Luo G.S. Mass transfer performance of gas-liquid segmented flow in microchannels. Chem. Eng. J. 2012, 181:229-235.
22. Tan J., Zhang J.S., Lu Y.C., Xu J.H., Luo G.S. Process intensification of catalytic hydrogenation of ethylanthraquinone with gas-liquid microdispersion. AIChE J. 2012, 58:1326-1335.
23. Utada A.S., Fernandez-Nieves A., Stone H.A., Weitz D.A. Dripping to jetting transitions in coflowing liquid streams. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2007, 99:94502.
24. Wang K., Lu Y.C., Tan J., Yang B.D., Luo G.S. Generating gas/liquid/liquid three-phase microdispersed systems in double T-junctions microfluidic device. Microfluidics Nanofluidics 2010, 8:813-821.
25. Wang K., Lu Y.C., Xu J.H., Luo G.S. Determination of dynamic interfacial tension and its effect on droplet formation in the T-shaped microdispersion process. Langmuir 2009, 25:2153-2158.
26. Wang K., Lu Y.C., Xu J.H., Tan J., Luo G.S. Generation of micromonodispersed droplets and bubbles in the capillary embedded T-junction microfluidic devices. AIChE J. 2011, 57:299-306.
27. Xu J.H., Chen R., Wang Y.D., Luo G.S. Controllable gas/liquid/liquid double emulsions in a dual-coaxial microfluidic device. Lab Chip 2012, 12:2029-2036.
28. Xu J.H., Li S.W., Tan J., Luo G.S. Correlations of droplet formation in T-junction microfluidic devices: from squeezing to dripping. Microfluidics Nanofluidics 2008, 5:711-717.
29. Xu J.H., Li S.W., Wang Y.J., Luo G.S. Controllable gas-liquid phase flow patterns and monodisperse microbubbles in a microfluidic T-junction device. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 88:133506.
30. Xu J.H., Li S., Chen G.G., Luo G.S. Formation of monodisperse microbubbles in a microfluidic device. AIChE J. 2006, 52:2254-2259.
31. Zhao C.X., Middelberg A. Two-phase microfluidic flows. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2011, 66:1394-1411.