Study on droplet breakup behaviors in 3-D pore-throat microchannel

ZHOU Hao; ZHU Chunying; FU Taotao; GAO Xiqun; MA Youguang

doi:10.11949/0438-1157.20190652

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Study on droplet breakup behaviors in 3-D pore-throat microchannel

Fluid dynamics and transport phenomena | 更新时间：2026-07-24

- Study on droplet breakup behaviors in 3-D pore-throat microchannel
- CIESC Journal Vol. 70, Issue 10, Pages: 3924-3931(2019)
- 作者机构：
  
  1.化学工程联合国家重点实验室，天津大学化工学院，天津 300072
  2.辽阳石油化纤公司亿方工业公司，辽宁辽阳 111003
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- DOI：10.11949/0438-1157.20190652
  CLC： TQ 021.1
- Received：11 June 2019，
  
  Revised：2019-07-15，
  
  Online First：24 July 2026，
  
  Published：05 October 2019
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周灏, 朱春英, 付涛涛, 高习群, 马友光. 三维孔喉结构微通道内液滴的破裂行为研究[J]. 化工学报, 2019, 70(10): 3924-3931

ZHOU Hao, ZHU Chunying, FU Taotao, GAO Xiqun, MA Youguang. Study on droplet breakup behaviors in 3-D pore-throat microchannel[J]. CIESC Journal, 2019, 70(10): 3924-3931
周灏, 朱春英, 付涛涛, 高习群, 马友光. 三维孔喉结构微通道内液滴的破裂行为研究[J]. 化工学报, 2019, 70(10): 3924-3931 DOI： 10.11949/0438-1157.20190652.

ZHOU Hao, ZHU Chunying, FU Taotao, GAO Xiqun, MA Youguang. Study on droplet breakup behaviors in 3-D pore-throat microchannel[J]. CIESC Journal, 2019, 70(10): 3924-3931 DOI： 10.11949/0438-1157.20190652.

摘要

利用高速摄像仪研究了三维孔喉结构微通道内液滴的破裂行为。采用不同黏度的甘油-水溶液作为分散相，含4%（质量）表面活性剂（Span 20）的矿物油作为连续相。液滴通过孔喉结构后，观察到了三种流型：球形破裂、非球形破裂和不破裂。除极低连续相毛细数的情形外，分散相黏度和两相流量的增加不利于液滴破裂，液滴的破裂位置均接近于喉道出口。研究了液滴的球形破裂，结果表明，球形破裂中子液滴平均尺寸随分散相黏度和连续相流量的增加而降低，且与两相总毛细数呈幂律关系，模型预测值与实验结果吻合良好。

Abstract

The flow behaviors of droplets breakup in the three-dimensional (3-D) pore-throat microchannel were investigated using a high-speed camera. A glycerin-water solution of different viscosity was used as a dispersed phase

and a mineral oil containing 4%(mass) of a surfactant (Span 20) was used as a continuous phase. Three flow patterns were observed when the droplets flowed out the pore-throat structure: spherical breakup

non-spherical breakup and non-breakup. Except extremely low capillary number of continuous phase

the increase of the viscosity of the dispersed phase or two-phase flow rates is not conducive to droplet breakup. Generally

the breakup position of the droplets approaches to the throat outlet. The spherical breakup of the droplets was further studied

the results indicate that the average daughter droplets size decreases with the increase of the viscosity of the dispersed phase and the flow rate of the continuous phase. The variation of the average size of daughter droplets with capillary number could be scaled with a power-law relationship

and the predicted result agrees well with the experimental data.

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