Numerical modeling of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering: a review of methods and applications

M Wörner - Microfluidics and nanofluidics, 2012 - Springer
This article presents a comprehensive review of numerical methods and models for interface
resolving simulations of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering …

Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in gas‐liquid flows in microreactors

P Sobieszuk, J Aubin… - Chemical engineering & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last ten to fifteen years, microreaction technology has become of increased interest
to both academics and industrialists for intensification of multiphase processes. Amongst the …

On the CFD modelling of Taylor flow in microchannels

R Gupta, DF Fletcher, BS Haynes - Chemical Engineering Science, 2009 - Elsevier
With the increasing interest in multiphase flow in microchannels and advancement in
interface capturing techniques, there have recently been a number of attempts to apply …

Taylor flow in microchannels: a review of experimental and computational work

R Gupta, DF Fletcher… - The Journal of …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past few decades an enormous interest in two-phase flow in microchannels has
developed because of their application in a wide range of new technologies, ranging from …

Slug flow heat transfer without phase change in microchannels: A review

T Bandara, NT Nguyen, G Rosengarten - Chemical Engineering Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Two-phase flow without phase change can radically increase the heat transfer rate in
microchannels due to the internal recirculation of the fluids. In this paper, both numerical and …

A review on numerical studies of slug flow hydrodynamics and heat transfer in microtubes and microchannels

V Talimi, YS Muzychka, S Kocabiyik - International Journal of Multiphase …, 2012 - Elsevier
Numerical studies on the hydrodynamic and heat transfer characteristics of two-phase flows
in small tubes and channels are reviewed. These flows are non-boiling gas–liquid and liquid …

CFD modelling of flow and heat transfer in the Taylor flow regime

R Gupta, DF Fletcher, BS Haynes - Chemical Engineering Science, 2010 - Elsevier
Transport phenomena in the Taylor flow regime for gas–liquid flows in microchannels have
received significant attention in recent years. Whilst the hydrodynamics and mass transfer …

A review on the hydrodynamics of Taylor flow in microchannels: Experimental and computational studies

A Etminan, YS Muzychka, K Pope - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Taylor flow is a strategy-aimed flow to transfer conventional single-phase into a more
efficient two-phase flow resulting in an enhanced momentum/heat/mass transfer rate, as well …

Pore-scale modeling of non-isothermal two phase flow in 2D porous media: Influences of viscosity, capillarity, wettability and heterogeneity

HAA Amiri, AA Hamouda - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper addresses simulation of non-isothermal water-oil displacements in porous media
at pore-scale. The simulation approach was done by coupling Cahn–Hilliard phase field and …

Numerical modeling and experimental investigation of gas–liquid slug formation in a microchannel T-junction

RM Santos, M Kawaji - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2010 - Elsevier
Gas–liquid two-phase flow in a microfluidic T-junction with nearly square microchannels of
113μm hydraulic diameter was investigated experimentally and numerically. Air and water …