66th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
Volume 58, Number 18
Sunday–Tuesday, November 24–26, 2013;
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Session G36: Microfluids: Drops/Bubbles
8:00 AM–10:10 AM,
Monday, November 25, 2013
Room: 407
Chair: Taehun Lee, City College of New York
Abstract ID: BAPS.2013.DFD.G36.5
Abstract: G36.00005 : Gas bubble formation and its pressure signature in T-junction of a microreactor*
8:52 AM–9:05 AM
Authors:
Shahram Pouya
(Michigan State University)
Manoochehr Koochesfahani
(Michigan State University)
The segmented gas-liquid flow is of particular interest in microreactors
used for high throughput material synthesis with enhanced mixing and more
efficient reaction.
A typical geometry to introduce gas plugs into the reactor is a T-junction
where the dispersed liquid is squeezed and pinched by the continuous fluid
in the main branch of the junction. We present experimental data of time
resolved pressure along with synchronous imaging of the drop formation at
the junction to show the transient behavior of the process. The stability of
the slug regime and the regularity of the slug/plug pattern are investigated
in this study.
*This work was supported by the CRC Program of the National Science Foundation, Grant Number CHE-0714028.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2013.DFD.G36.5