Micro-Structured Devices:

Multiphase Flow
 Properties of Fluids and Interphases
Y-L Equation:

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 Scaling of Forces

∆𝜌 𝑔𝑑ℎ2
𝐵𝑜 =
𝜎

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 Classification of Phase Distributions

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 Flow Instabilities
Pateau-Rayleigh (Capillary) Kelvin-Helmholtz (K-H)
Instability Instability
Regimes:
1. Squeezing
2. Dripping
3. Jetting

Surface tension will suppress the

K-H instability if:

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 Mixing of Miscible Liquids

Langmuir, 21 (2005) 1547 - 1555

 Phase Separation

Langmuir, 21 (2005) 1547 - 1555

 Multiphase Flow Regimes

• Bubbly flow ---------- Wetting/non-wetting phase ratio >> 1

• Segmented flow ----- Wetting/non-wetting phase ratio ≈ 1
• Annular flow ---------- Wetting/non-wetting phase ratio << 1
• Churn flow ------------ At very high flow rates
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