Two-phase flow and mass transfer in microchannels: A review from local mechanism to global models

C Yao, Y Zhao, H Ma, Y Liu, Q Zhao, G Chen - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microreaction technology is preferential in process intensification and chemical synthesis,
especially in multiphase applications. A thorough understanding of the hydrodynamics and …

[PDF][PDF] A brief review of the phase-field-based lattice Boltzmann method for multiphase flows

H Wang, X Yuan, H Liang, Z Chai, B Shi - Capillarity, 2019 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
In this paper, we present a brief overview of the phase-field-based lattice Boltzmann method
(LBM) that is a distinct and efficient numerical algorithm for multiphase flow problems. We …

Hydrodynamics of a droplet passing through a microfluidic T-junction

Y Chen, Z Deng - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - cambridge.org
We develop a phase-field multiphase lattice Boltzmann model to systematically investigate
the dynamic behaviour of a droplet passing through a microfluidic T-junction, especially …

Benchmark numerical simulations of segmented two-phase flows in microchannels using the Volume of Fluid method

DA Hoang, V van Steijn, LM Portela, MT Kreutzer… - Computers & …, 2013 - Elsevier
We present an extensive analysis of the performance of the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method,
as implemented in OpenFOAM, in modeling the flow of confined bubbles and droplets …

[HTML][HTML] Volume-of-fluid simulations in microfluidic T-junction devices: Influence of viscosity ratio on droplet size

M Nekouei, SA Vanapalli - Physics of Fluids, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We used volume-of-fluid (VOF) method to perform three-dimensional numerical simulations
of droplet formation of Newtonian fluids in microfluidic T-junction devices. To evaluate the …

Bubble formation and breakup dynamics in microfluidic devices: A review

T Fu, Y Ma - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Bubbles are always encountered for gas–liquid two-phase flow in microchannels, and have
potential applications in chemical engineering, polymer engineering, food engineering, and …

Fabrication of low-cost paper-based microfluidic devices by embossing or cut-and-stack methods

MM Thuo, RV Martinez, WJ Lan, X Liu… - Chemistry of …, 2014 - ACS Publications
This article describes the use of embossing and “cut-and-stack” methods of assembly, to
generate microfluidic devices from omniphobic paper and demonstrates that fluid flowing …

Dynamics of droplet breakup in a T-junction

DA Hoang, LM Portela, CR Kleijn… - Journal of Fluid …, 2013 - cambridge.org
The breakup of droplets due to creeping motion in a confined microchannel geometry is
studied using three-dimensional numerical simulations. Analogously to unconfined droplets …

Lattice Boltzmann modeling of contact angle and its hysteresis in two-phase flow with large viscosity difference

H Liu, Y Ju, N Wang, G Xi, Y Zhang - Physical Review E, 2015 - APS
Contact angle hysteresis is an important physical phenomenon omnipresent in nature and
various industrial processes, but its effects are not considered in many existing multiphase …

Impact of hybrid surfaces on the droplet breakup dynamics in microgravity slug flow: A dynamic contact angle analysis

SM Mousavi, D Jarrahbashi, BJ Lee, N Karimi… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Microfluidic devices, which enable precise control and manipulation of fluids at the
microscale, have revolutionized various fields, including chemical synthesis and space …