CIESC Journal ›› 2022, Vol. 73 ›› Issue (1): 213-221.DOI: 10.11949/0438-1157.20210863

• Fluid dynamics and transport phenomena • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Breakup dynamics of bubbles stabilized by nanoparticles with permanent obstruction in a microfluidic Y-junction

Yingjie FEI1(),Chunying ZHU1(),Taotao FU1,Xiqun GAO2,Youguang MA1   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology,Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
    2.Yifang Industry Corporation, Liaoyang Petrochemical Fiber Company, Liaoyang 111003, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2021-06-28 Revised:2021-09-03 Online:2022-01-18 Published:2022-01-05
  • Contact: Chunying ZHU

Y型微通道内纳米颗粒稳定气泡的完全阻塞破裂动力学

费滢洁1(),朱春英1(),付涛涛1,高习群2,马友光1   

  1. 1.天津大学化工学院,化学工程联合国家重点实验室,天津 300072
    2.亿方工业公司,辽宁石油化纤公司,辽宁 辽阳 111003
  • 通讯作者: 朱春英
  • 作者简介:费滢洁(1998—),女,硕士研究生,yingjiefei@tju.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(21978197)

Abstract:

The breakup dynamic of bubbles stabilized by nanoparticles for the breakup process of permanent obstruction in a microfluidic Y-junction was studied. The breakup process can be divided into squeezing stage and pinch-off stage. In these two stages, the dimensionless minimum neck widths of bubbles have different power-law relationships with time. The neck dynamics of bubble breakup process shows that the particles do not affect the critical neck width for transition between the squeezing stage and pinch-off stage. But the particle layer absorbed on the bubble surface could weaken the squeeze effect of continuous phase on the neck in the squeezing stage and the extrusion effect of liquid reflux on bubbles in the corner area in the pinch-off stage, accordingly hinders the deformation of the bubble neck and prolongs the duration of bubble breakup. The pre-exponential factor m and power-law index α of bubble stabilized by particles are lower than those of ordinary bubble, nevertheless, their deviations decrease with the increase of capillary number Ca and bubble length l0, indicating that the influence of particles on the breakup process weakens gradually. In addition, the curvature of bubble tip stabilized particles is slightly smaller than that of ordinary bubble, indicating that the effect of particles on bubble tip dynamics of the permanent obstruction process is ignorable.

Key words: microfluidics, nanoparticles, breakup, bubbles, Y-junction

摘要:

研究了Y型微通道吸附型纳米颗粒稳定气泡的完全阻塞破裂的动力学,破裂过程可划分为挤压阶段和快速夹断阶段,两阶段内无量纲气泡最小颈部宽度与时间均呈幂率关系。气泡破裂过程的颈部动力学表明颗粒的存在并不影响两阶段转变的临界颈部宽度,但吸附在气泡表面的颗粒层会减弱挤压阶段中连续相对气泡颈部的挤压作用,以及快速夹断阶段角区中连续相液体回流对气泡的挤压作用,进而阻碍气泡颈部的形变,延长了气泡的破裂过程。纳米颗粒稳定的气泡的指前因子m及幂率指数α均小于常规气泡,但其差值随着毛细管数Ca和气泡长度l0的增大而减小,颗粒对气泡破裂过程的影响逐渐减弱。此外,纳米颗粒稳定的气泡的头部曲率略小于常规气泡,颗粒对完全阻塞破裂过程气泡头部动力学的影响可以忽略。

关键词: 微流控, 纳米颗粒, 破裂, 气泡, Y型微通道

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