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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2016.40.4.227

Effect of Gas- and Liquid-injection Methods on Formation of Bubble and Liquid Slug at Merging Micro T-junction  

Lee, Jun Kyoung (Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungnam Univ.)
Lee, Chi Young (Dept. of Fire Protection Engineering, Pukyong Nat'l Univ.)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.40, no.4, 2016 , pp. 227-236 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the present experimental study, the effect of gas- and liquid-injected methods on the formation of bubble and liquid slug at the merging micro T-junction of a square microchannel with dimensions $600{\mu}m{\times}600{\mu}m$ was investigated. Nitrogen and water were used as test fluids. The superficial velocities of the liquid and gas were in the range of 0.05 - 1 m/s, and 0.1 - 1 m/s, respectively, where the Taylor flow was observed. The bubble length, liquid slug length, bubble velocity, and bubble generation frequency were measured by analyzing the images captured using a high-speed camera. Under similar inlet superficial velocity conditions, in the case of gas injection to the main channel at the merging T-junction (T_gas-liquid), the lengths of the bubble and liquid slug were longer, and the bubble generation frequency was lower than in the case of liquid injection to the main channel at the merging T-junction (T_liquid-gas). On the other hand, in both cases, the bubble velocity was almost the same. The previous correlation proposed using experimental data for T_liquid-gas had predicted the present experimental data of bubble length, bubble velocity, liquid slug length, and bubble generation frequency for T_gas-liquid to be ~24%, ~9%, ~39%, ~55%, respectively.
Keywords
Micro-channel; Two-phase Flow; Taylor Flow; Bubble; Liqud Slug;
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