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Experimental investigations of non-Newtonian/Newtonian liquid-liquid flows in microchannels

Roumpea, E; Chinaud, M; Angeli, P; (2017) Experimental investigations of non-Newtonian/Newtonian liquid-liquid flows in microchannels. AIChE Journal , 63 (8) pp. 3599-3609. 10.1002/aic.15704. Green open access

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Abstract

The plug flow of a non-Newtonian and a Newtonian liquid was experimentally investigated in a quartz microchannel (200-µm internal diameter). Two aqueous glycerol solutions containing xanthan gum at 1000 and 2000 ppm were the non-Newtonian fluids and 0.0046 Pa s silicone oil was the Newtonian phase forming the dispersed plugs. Two-color particle image velocimetry was used to obtain the hydrodynamic characteristics and the velocity profiles in both phases under different fluid flow rates. The experimental results revealed that the increase in xanthan gum concentration produced longer, bullet-shaped plugs, and increased the thickness of the film surrounding them. From the shear rate and viscosity profiles, it was found that the polymer solution was in the shear-thinning region while the viscosity was higher in the middle of the channel compared to the region close to the wall. Circulation times in the aqueous phase increased with the concentration of xanthan gum.

Type: Article
Title: Experimental investigations of non-Newtonian/Newtonian liquid-liquid flows in microchannels
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/aic.15704
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.15704
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2017 American Institute of Chemical Engineers. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: non-Newtonian; microchannels; µ-particle image velocimetry
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1548233
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