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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