在流量聚焦微型交叉连接处挤压滴状形成
Filippo Azzini1, Beatrice Pulvirenti1, Massimiliano Rossi1
1Department of Industrial Engineering, Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
Micromachines
|March 28, 2024
概括
这项研究提出了微流体设备中滴滴生成的新模型,这对于医疗应用至关重要. 它提供了一个新的相关性,以优化微滴发生器的设计.
科学领域:
- 微流体学 微流体学
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 在医疗和生物应用中,对优化微型设备的需求日益增长.
- 聚焦流量的微型交叉口是滴滴生产的关键.
- 道截面限制提高了流量聚焦以形成滴滴.
研究的目的:
- 开发一种综合方法来研究在流量聚焦微交叉点中液体液体滴滴的产生.
- 分析液滴形成期间对分散相起作用的力.
- 在挤压制度下开发滴滴破裂模型.
主要方法:
- 使用OpenFOAM进行数值模拟.
- 从高速摄像机图像中通过实验结果进行验证.
- 微粒子图像速度测量 (微PIV) 测量.
主要成果:
- 在数值模拟中分析力和滴滴直径.
- 基于能量平衡的滴滴分解模型的开发.
- 无维滴长度和无维流速之间的新相关性.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了一个新的模型,用于在有限制的微交叉点中进行滴滴破裂.
- 一个新的相关性有助于优化微滴发生器设计.
- 扩大了对微流体设备中滴滴生成现象的知识.
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