Hydrodynamics of gas–liquid microfluidics: A review

L Sheng, Y Chang, J Wang, J Deng, G Luo - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Gas-liquid multiphase process occupies a significant part in the chemical industry, and the
emerging gas–liquid microfluidic technology provides a highly efficient and controllable tool …

A strategy for regulation of gas–liquid microflow patterns by changing gas kinetic energy

L Sheng, Y Chang, J Wang, J Deng, G Luo - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Controllable regulation of gas–liquid microflow pattern and bubble size is significant to
bubble-based microfluidics, but it is hard to be realized with the existing technologies …

Influencing factors and size prediction of bubbles formed by flow focusing in a cross-channel

J Huang, Z Yao - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Formation of uniform-sized bubbles in microchannels by gas–liquid two-phase flow is the
basis for applications such as microreactors and micro/nano preparation. In this study, a two …

Mechanism and modeling of Taylor bubble generation in viscous liquids via the vertical squeezing route

L Sheng, Y Chang, J Deng, G Luo - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Bubble formation routes are vital to the application of microreactors, but a systematic
understanding of the vertical squeezing remains lacking. Accordingly, this study focuses on …

Gas–Liquid Microfluidics: Transition Hysteresis Behavior between Parallel Flow and Taylor Flow

L Sheng, S Li, K Wang, Y Chang… - Industrial & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Generating gas–liquid Taylor flow is the prerequisite for the application of gas–liquid
microfluidics. However, a suitable operating method for gas–liquid microfluidics has yet to …

A general design procedure for gas–liquid Taylor flow T-junction microreactors

Y Chang, L Sheng, J Deng, G Luo - Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
There are many studies on the gas–liquid Taylor flow in T-junction microdevices, but the
general design rules for gas–liquid microreactors are not well developed. This work is trying …

Asymmetric flow-focusing: A novel microreactor operation procedure for making smaller microbubbles

L Sheng, J Wang, J Deng, G Luo - Separation and Purification Technology, 2025 - Elsevier
Production of smaller bubbles benefits the promotion of the mass transfer performance in
microreactors, but the existing methods mainly focus on designing complex structures. This …

On coalescence of bubble in branching microchannel with phase change

Z Yan, Z Jiang, H Huang, Y Wu, B Yang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the bubble dynamics is essential to various two-phase applications. The
three-dimensional numerical study on bubble coalescence with phase change in different …

Influences of wall superheat and channel width ratio on bubble behaviors and heat transfer within a heated microchannel T-junction

Z Yan, H Huang, W Pan, B Deng, Z Pan - International Communications in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite many studies conducted to reveal the bubble behaviors and associated heat
transfer within straight microchannels, those within heated microchannel T-junctions are …

The effect of junction gutters for the upscaling of droplet generation in a microfluidic T-Junction

H Viswanathan - Microgravity Science and Technology, 2022 - Springer
The influence of drop formation due to micro rib-like structures, viz., the Junction Gutters
(JGs) within a standard microfluidic T-junction, is numerically investigated. Hydrodynamic …