CIESC Journal ›› 2024, Vol. 75 ›› Issue (11): 4188-4195.DOI: 10.11949/0438-1157.20240593

• Fluid dynamics and transport phenomena • Previous Articles     Next Articles

Experimental investigation of droplet formation in microchannel device with an embedded microsieve

Wenna TANG1(), Hongchen LIU1(), Xiaotian MI1, Liewei QIU1(), Mei YANG2, Guangwen CHEN2   

  1. 1.School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Xi’an Polytechnic University, Xi’an 710048, Shaanxi, China
    2.Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China
  • Received:2024-05-31 Revised:2024-07-09 Online:2024-12-26 Published:2024-11-25
  • Contact: Hongchen LIU, Liewei QIU

嵌入式筛孔微通道内液滴生成规律研究

唐文娜1(), 刘宏臣1(), 米晓天1, 秋列维1(), 杨梅2, 陈光文2   

  1. 1.西安工程大学环境与化学工程学院,陕西 西安 710048
    2.中国科学院大连化学物理研究所,辽宁 大连 116023
  • 通讯作者: 刘宏臣,秋列维
  • 作者简介:唐文娜(2000—),女,硕士研究生,632589947@qq.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家自然科学基金项目(22208256);西安工程大学科研启动基金项目(107020460);“轻化工助剂化学与技术教育部重点实验室”和“陕西省轻化工助剂化学与技术协同创新中心”项目(KFKT2021-04)

Abstract:

A sieve microchannel with embedded structure was designed and the droplet generation process of water-silicone oil system was studied. The dripping and jetting flow were observed under different flow rates of continuous phase and dispersed phase. The effects of two-phase flow rates and interfacial tension on the active pore number distribution and droplet size were investigated. The results showed that the number of active pores increased with the increase of two-phase capillary number. The droplet size decreased with the increase of continuous phase flow rate and decrease of interfacial tension. The droplet size increased in waves with the increase in dispersed phase flow rate. Based on the obtained results, an empirical correlation was proposed to predict the droplet size with good prediction performance. In addition, the effect of the microporous membrane as a flow resistance on the active pore number distribution and droplet size in two-pore microsieve was investigated. The activation of pore became easily under low flow rate of dispersed phase at the presence of microporous membrane as a flow resistance, which led to a smaller droplet size.

Key words: microchannels, two-phase flow, microsieve, droplet formation, flow regimes

摘要:

设计了一种具有嵌入式结构的筛孔微通道并研究了水-硅油体系的液滴生成过程。在不同的两相流量下观测到滴出流与喷射流两种流型,并考察了两相流量、界面张力对活化孔数量分布和液滴尺寸的影响。结果表明,随着分散相或连续相的毛细数Ca增加,筛孔活化数量增加;对于液滴尺寸,随着连续相流量的增加和界面张力的降低,液滴尺寸降低,而随着分散相流量的增加,液滴尺寸呈现波浪式增加。基于实验结果,建立了液滴尺寸预测模型,预测值与实验值吻合较好。此外,还考察了添加微孔膜阻件对活化孔数量分布和液滴尺寸的影响,发现微孔膜阻件能使分散相在更低流量下活化筛孔,生成尺寸更小的液滴。

关键词: 微通道, 两相流, 微筛孔, 液滴生成, 流域

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