The physics and manipulation of Dean vortices in single-and two-phase flow in curved microchannels: A review

Y Saffar, S Kashanj, DS Nobes, R Sabbagh - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Microchannels with curved geometries have been employed for many applications in
microfluidic devices in the past decades. The Dean vortices generated in such geometries …

The bubble breakup process and behavior in T-type microchannels

Z Zhang, Y Zhang, G Zhang, M Tian - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A double T-type microchannel consisting of two T-junctions is used as the base unit of tree-
like microchannels. Studying the breakup process and behavior of bubbles in T-type …

Dynamics of a gas bubble penetrating through porous media

T Yi, G Yang, B Wang, R Zhuan, Y Huang, J Wu - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Porous media have been widely used for liquid-gas separation, benefiting from the strong
capillary force generated from the micro/nanoscale pores. Understanding the flow …

Spatiotemporal simulation of gas-liquid transport in the production process of continuous undulating pipelines

X Li, Q Yang, X Xie, S Chen, C Pan, Z He, J Gong… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Large sections of gas accumulation easily form in continuously undulating liquid pipelines to
impede the commissioning process affecting the safe operation of the pipeline. To solve the …

Buoyancy-driven bubbles in a constricted vertical capillary

ZC Zhu, HR Liu, H Ding - Physics of Fluids, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
We numerically study the dynamics of buoyancy-driven bubbles in a constricted vertical
capillary in which a throat with an arc shape is present. To investigate at what conditions and …

[HTML][HTML] Mass transfer and modeling of deformed bubbles in square microchannel

S Yang, G Kong, Z Cao, Z Wu - Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding of mass transfer in gas-liquid slug flow is imperative to design and optimize
micro-reactors. There exist extensive studies on symmetric bubbles by the phase volume …

Flow and heat transfer for a two-phase slug flow in horizontal pipes: A mechanistic model

C Dong, R Qi, L Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In view of the practical importance of gas–liquid two-phase flow in many applications, such
as chemical engineering, petroleum engineering, nuclear engineering, etc., a reliable model …

Effect of the pore geometry on the driving pressure across a bubble penetrating a single pore

S Ansari, DS Nobes - Fluids, 2022 - mdpi.com
The passage of a bubble and the required energy for its motion through a confining pore can
potentially be affected by the surface roughness and geometry of the pore. The motion of an …

Mechanistic modeling of flow and heat transfer in turbulent–laminar/turbulent gas–liquid stratified flow

C Dong, R Qi, L Zhang - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Two-phase gas–liquid stratified flow is characterized by a structure in which the gas and
liquid phases are separated from each other by a continuous interface. Adequately …

The effect of three-phase contact line pinning during the passage of an isolated bubble through a confining pore

S Ansari, D Nobes - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The change in the internal pressure of an isolated dispersed phase passing through a
confined geometry can be determined by tracking its deformation. While some research has …