The issue of contamination of micro channel surfaces by bio fluids is a significant impediment to the development of many biomedical devices. A solution to this problem is the use of a carrier fluid, which segments the bio fluid and forms a thin film between the bio fluid and the channel wall. A number of issues need to be addressed for the successful implementation of such a solution. Amongst these is the prediction of the thickness of the film of carrier fluid which forms between the bio sample and the channel wall. The Bretherton and Taylor laws relate the capillary number to the thickness of this film. This paper investigates the validity of these laws through an extensive experimental program in which a number of potential carrier fluids were used to segment aqueous droplets over a range of flow rates. The aqueous plugs were imaged using a high speed camera and their velocities were measured. Film thicknesses were calculated from the ratio of the velocity of the carrier fluid to the velocity of the aqueous plug. The paper concludes that significant discrepancies exist between measured film thicknesses and those predicted by the Bretherton and Taylor laws.
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ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and
Exposition
November 5–10, 2006
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Fluids Engineering Division
ISBN:
0-7918-4770-5
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Edmond Walsh
Edmond Walsh
University of Limerick
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Ronan Grimes
University of Limerick
Colin King
University of Limerick
Edmond Walsh
University of Limerick
Paper No:
IMECE2006-15882, pp. 207-211; 5 pages
Published Online:
December 14, 2007
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Grimes, R, King, C, & Walsh, E. "Film Thickness for Two Phase Flow in a Microchannel." Proceedings of the ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. Fluids Engineering. Chicago, Illinois, USA. November 5–10, 2006. pp. 207-211. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2006-15882
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