Thermal droplet microfluidics: From biology to cooling technology

A Khater, O Abdelrehim, M Mohammadi… - TrAC Trends in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Droplet microfluidic platforms have been developed to produce mono-dispersed
microdroplets and provided substanial progress in many chemical, biological, and …

Fluid flow and heat transfer of liquid-liquid two phase flow in microchannels: A review

A Abdollahi, RN Sharma, A Vatani - International Communications in Heat …, 2017 - Elsevier
The fluid flow and heat transfer behavior of liquid–liquid two phase flows have led to
significantly improve the heat transfer rates in microchannels. Both numerical and …

Fluid flow and heat transfer of liquid-liquid Taylor flow in square microchannels

A Abdollahi, SE Norris, RN Sharma - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
The fluid flow and heat transfer of liquid-liquid Taylor flow in a square microchannel are
studied both experimentally and numerically using a three-dimensional numerical …

Taylor flow heat transfer in microchannels—Unification of liquid–liquid and gas–liquid results

Z Dai, Z Guo, DF Fletcher, BS Haynes - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
The flow and heat transfer behaviour of liquid–liquid Taylor flow is examined by performing
both experiments and CFD simulations for 1 and 2 mm vertical tubes with constant wall heat …

Hydrodynamics of liquid-liquid flows in micro channels and its influence on transport properties: A review

AA Ganguli, AB Pandit - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydrodynamics plays a major role in transport of heat and mass transfer in microchannels.
This includes flow patterns and flow regimes in which the micro-channels are operated. The …

[HTML][HTML] An experimental study on the mobility of droplets in liquid-liquid Taylor flows within circular capillaries

SSS Zadeh, V Egan, P Walsh - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2022 - Elsevier
Further development of microfluidics devices that reply on liquid-liquid droplet flows,
requires a thorough understanding of the parameters influencing droplet velocity. This study …

Breakup regimes and heat transfer of an isolated bubble and Taylor bubble flow in the T-type microchannel

Z Zhang, X Zhang, S Zhang, G Zhang, M Tian - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Current research on Taylor bubble flow heat transfer mainly focuses on straight channels,
with less emphasis on the transport characteristics and heat transfer regimes of Taylor …

[HTML][HTML] Experimentally investigating the pressure drop of liquid-liquid Taylor flows over varying viscosity ratios

SSS Zadeh, V Egan, P Walsh - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2024 - Elsevier
Micro-capillary liquid-liquid Taylor flows have emerged as a promising new platform for
achieving higher heat and mass transfer compared to single-phase flows. In any application …

Three dimensional features of convective heat transfer in droplet-based microchannel heat sinks

Z Che, TN Wong, NT Nguyen, C Yang - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2015 - Elsevier
Convective heat transfer in droplet-based microchannel heat sinks can be enhanced by the
recirculating vortices due to the presence of interfaces. In rectangular microchannels, the …

Experimental study on liquid–liquid two-phase flow patterns and plug hydrodynamics in a small channel

C Wang, M Tian, J Zhang, G Zhang - Experimental Thermal and Fluid …, 2021 - Elsevier
The flow patterns and the plug hydrodynamics of liquid–liquid two-phase flow in a small
circular channel were experimentally investigated. Five distinct flow patterns, including …