Evolution of Water-in-Oil Droplets in T-Junction Microchannel by Micro-PIV
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Fabrication of Microfluidic Channel
2.2. Experimental Setup and Micro-PIV Processing
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Evolution of Water Droplets at the Intersection of the Offset T-Junction Microchannel
3.2. Experimental Velocity of Water Droplets at the Intersection of Offset T-Junction Microchannel
3.3. Internal Velocity Profile of Generated Water Droplets in Offset T-Junction Microchannel
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Value |
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Exposure time | 3.906 ms |
Colour temperature | 5547 |
Frame rate | 21.8 f/s |
Resolution | 800 × 600 pixels |
Motor step | 5 |
Flow rate of liquid at the inlets | 0.16 mm3/s |
Composition/Material | Polystyrene |
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Diameter | 10 µm ± 0.08 µm |
Concentration | 0.2% solids |
Density | 1050 kg/m3 |
Refractive index | 1.59 at 589 nm (25 °C) |
Inlet and Outlet Radiuses of Offset T-Junction Micro-Channel (µm) | Theoretical Velocity of Water Droplets Based on Reynolds Number (mm/s) | Experimental Velocity of Water Droplets (mm/s) |
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400 | 0.322 | 0.330 |
500 | 0.206 | 0.266 |
750 | 0.092 | 0.096 |
1000 | 0.051 |
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Ringkai, H.; Tamrin, K.F.; Sheikh, N.A.; Mohamaddan, S. Evolution of Water-in-Oil Droplets in T-Junction Microchannel by Micro-PIV. Appl. Sci. 2021, 11, 5289. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app11115289
Ringkai H, Tamrin KF, Sheikh NA, Mohamaddan S. Evolution of Water-in-Oil Droplets in T-Junction Microchannel by Micro-PIV. Applied Sciences. 2021; 11(11):5289. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app11115289
Chicago/Turabian StyleRingkai, Hawa, Khairul Fikri Tamrin, Nadeem Ahmed Sheikh, and Shahrol Mohamaddan. 2021. "Evolution of Water-in-Oil Droplets in T-Junction Microchannel by Micro-PIV" Applied Sciences 11, no. 11: 5289. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/app11115289