CFD Simulation on Hydrodynamics of Liquid-Liquid Slug Flow in Microchannel

Abstract:

Hydrodynamics in a liquid-liquid slug flow in a T-junction microchannel of 600μm diameter, operated under a squeezing regime, was simulated with the computational fluid dynamics method. The slug flow generation simulated shows very good agreement with experimental snapshots where the clear slug formation takes place in the vicinity of the T-junction. The internal circulation within each slug was also obtained, which could make us better understand the hydrodynamics of liquid-liquid slug flow in microchannel.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 936)
• Pages: 1662-1665
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.936.1662
• Online since: June 2014
• Authors: Yi Wang*
• Keywords: CFD Simulation, Liquid-Liquid, Micro-Channel, Slug Flow

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