Microfluidic method–based encapsulated phase change materials: Fundamentals, progress, and prospects

W Gao, F Liu, C Yu, Y Chen, X Liu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Encapsulating phase change materials (PCMs) in protective shells can reversibly absorb
and release large amounts of heat within a narrow range of operating temperatures and …

Numerical modelling for the droplets formation in microfluidics-a review

L Wu, J Qian, X Liu, S Wu, C Yu, X Liu - Microgravity Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Microfluidic technology has advantages in producing high-quality droplets with
monodispersity which is promising in chemical engineering, biological medicine and so on …

Dynamics of droplet breakup in unilateral Y-junctions with different angles

Z Liu, C Zhang, Y Pang, W Liu, X Wang - Journal of Industrial and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dynamic behaviors of droplets in asymmetric unilateral Y-junctions are experimentally
studied. Three breakup regimes are categorized, namely no breakup, breakup with gaps …

Hydrodynamics of triple emulsion droplet generation in a flow-focusing microfluidic device

W Yu, B Li, X Liu, Y Chen - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
A numerical research is conducted to investigate the triple emulsion droplet generation in a
three-dimensional axisymmetric flow-focusing device. The simulation predicts three flow …

Electric-field-controlled droplet sorting in a bifurcating channel

G Hao, L Li, L Wu, F Yao - Microgravity Science and Technology, 2022 - Springer
To study the electric-field-controlled droplet sorting in the microfluidic chip, an unsteady
numerical model of droplet sorting controlled by a nonuniform electric field is developed …

Geometric and hydrodynamic influences on the droplet breakup dynamics in a branched microdevice

P Kumari, A Atta - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Droplet breakup phenomenon in a microchannel is a well-known potential approach for
process intensification. Here we investigate a branched microdevice to explore the influence …

Dynamics of a compound droplet in a microchannel containing a long obstacle

NX Ho, VT Nguyen, HD Nguyen, TV Vu - European Journal of Mechanics-B …, 2025 - Elsevier
In this work, we numerically analyze the breakup process of a two-dimensional compound
droplet as it moves through a microchannel and encounters an obstacle embedded in it …

Effect of viscoelastic fluids on bubble tunneling rupture behavior in microchannels

W Zhang, SB Li, JB Ji, ML Bhusal, L Wang - Chemical Papers, 2023 - Springer
This paper presents a numerical simulation of the tunneling rupture behavior of bubbles in
microchannels using OpenFOAM. The fluid properties were characterized by the Giesekus …

Dynamic breakup of Janus droplet in a bifurcating microchannel

H Wang, S Wang, Y Mu, Q Han, Y Cheng - Physical Review Fluids, 2024 - APS
Droplet breakup is frequently observed in natural and industrial processes and has been
considered as a promising approach for increasing productivity and adjusting droplet size in …

Numerical simulation of droplet characterized by Rolie–Poly model with finite extensibility passing through cylinder obstacles

L Cao, Z Pan, B Guo, F Sun, X Si - Physics of Fluids, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
The deformation and rupture of viscoelastic droplet passing through cylinder obstacles in a
microchannel are investigated using OpenFOAM. The constitute relationship of droplet is …