Open AccessNumerical investigation of bubble diameter in branched microchannel
Author(s) -
C. S. K. Balasekhar,
P. Tanish,
Ayush Mishra,
Atul Kumar Kushwaha,
Pankaj Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/912/2/022017
Subject(s) - microchannel , bubble , materials science , emulsion , mechanics , volumetric flow rate , flow (mathematics) , nanotechnology , physics , chemical engineering , engineering
With growing importance of microchannel in notable fields like medical, aerospace, food industry, it is necessary to improve the accuracy of pre-determining the mean droplet size to its maximum. We have analysed the various parameters that can influence the bubble size formed. Our main objective is to derive a relationship between diameter of microchannel, length of the junction, emulsion flow rate, and mean droplet diameter so that we would be able to determine the emulsion properties beforehand. It was found that bubble size increases as flowrate of continuous phase decreases.