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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND PROCESSING-PROCESS INTENSIFICATION
Volume 162, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cep.2021.108330
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Droplet microfluidics; Double emulsion; Physical properties; Dual-coaxial; Dripping instability
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This paper presents a parametric study on a dual co-axial microfluidic device for creating compound droplets using numerical simulation. The outer phase parameters were found to have the most significant influence on double emulsion characteristics. Adjusting non-dimensional parameters allows for easy adaptation of the size of both the inner and outer droplets.
This paper presents a parametric study using a three-phase axisymmetric numerical simulation on a dual co-axial microfluidic device for creating compound droplets. The Volume of Fluid-Continuum Surface Force model (VOFCSF) was developed to perform a parametric analysis of the double emulsion formation in a dual co-axial microfluidic device. The model was used to investigate the effects of phase velocities, viscosities, and interfacial tensions on the size and generation rate of the double emulsions, with the assistance of the Design of Experiments (DOE) and Response Surface Methodology (RSM). The DOE considerably decreased the number of simulations. A sensitive analysis revealed that the outer phase parameters have the most noteworthy influence on double emulsion characteristics. Dimensionless numbers, including Weber number of the inner phase (Wein), the capillary number of the middle phase (Camid), and the capillary number of the outer phase (Caout), were also implemented to examine the effects of essential forces on the double emulsion size. The simulation results verified that the size of both the inner and the outer droplets could be easily adapted within a broad range by adjusting non-dimensional parameters. The simulation results can be utilized to generate a broad range of liquidliquid encapsulated structures.
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