Transport of a Micro Liquid Plug in a Gas-Phase Flow in a Microchannel
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Behavior of Micro Liquid Plug in Microchannel
3.2. Velocity of Accelerated Micro Liquid Plug
3.3. Split of Accelerated Micro Liquid Plug
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Microchannel | Launcher Length, L | Width, W | Depth, D | Hydraulic Diameter, Dh |
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Channel 1 | 0.25 mm | 70 μm | 30 μm | 39 μm |
Channel 2 | 0.50 mm | 70 μm | 30 μm | 39 μm |
Channel 3 | 1.00 mm | 70 μm | 30 μm | 39 μm |
Channel 4 | 2.00 mm | 70 μm | 30 μm | 39 μm |
Channel 5 | 4.00 mm | 70 μm | 30 μm | 39 μm |
Channel 6 | 4.00 mm | 140 μm | 60 μm | 79 μm |
Channel 7 | 4.00 mm | 200 μm | 90 μm | 116 μm |
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Kazoe, Y.; Matsuno, T.; Yamashiro, I.; Mawatari, K.; Kitamori, T. Transport of a Micro Liquid Plug in a Gas-Phase Flow in a Microchannel. Micromachines 2018, 9, 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9090423
Kazoe Y, Matsuno T, Yamashiro I, Mawatari K, Kitamori T. Transport of a Micro Liquid Plug in a Gas-Phase Flow in a Microchannel. Micromachines. 2018; 9(9):423. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9090423
Chicago/Turabian StyleKazoe, Yutaka, Takumi Matsuno, Ippei Yamashiro, Kazuma Mawatari, and Takehiko Kitamori. 2018. "Transport of a Micro Liquid Plug in a Gas-Phase Flow in a Microchannel" Micromachines 9, no. 9: 423. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi9090423