EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SECONDARY FLOW DURING THE DROPLET FORMATION IN THE FLOW-FOCUSING CHANNEL
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Published:2024
Issue:3
Volume:31
Page:59-76
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ISSN:1065-3090
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Container-title:Journal of Flow Visualization and Image Processing
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J Flow Vis Image Proc
Author:
Maurya Tara Chand Kumar,Dutta Sushanta
Abstract
In this study, we have investigated the complex dynamics of droplet formation in a flow-focusing channel. Experiment has been performed under micro-particle image velocimetry (μPIV). The growth of droplets has been observed at four stages: lagging, filling, necking, and detachment. The interaction of two immiscible fluids, de-aerated water and silicon oil, is used. Characteristics of the droplet thread have been analyzed. Length of dispersed thread and tip size decrease with increased flow rate ratio. Furthermore, the flow characteristics of the dispersed phase, the velocity fields, contour plots of vorticity (ω<sub>z</sub>) swirl strength (λ<sub>1</sub>), and circulation strength (Ð/U<sub>d</sub>W) have been investigated. Vortex flow region is identified during the droplet formation in such flow conditions (Re ~ 1 and Ca < 0.01). The vortex flow region shrinks with increasing flow rate ratio. Our experimental methodology and results have illustrated the presence of a temporal vortex pair during droplet formation in dispersed phase, a phenomenon with potential to amplify the chaotic mixing of multiphase fluids in a microchannel.
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