Hydrothermal performance analysis of various surface roughness configurations in trapezoidal microchannels at slip flow regime

The effects of various surface roughness geometrical properties including roughness height (5%, 10%, 15%), number (3, 6), and shape (rectangular and triangular) on the flow and heat transfer of slip-flow in trapezoidal microchannels were investigated. The effects of mentioned parameters on the heat transfer coefficient through the microchannel, average Nusselt number and pressure drop for Reynolds number of 5, 10, 15 and 20 were examined. The obtained results showed that increasing the roughness height and number increases the pressure drop due to higher stagnation effects before and after roughness elements and decreases the Nusselt number due to higher recirculation zones effects than obstruction effects. The most reduction in Nusselt number and the most increment in pressure drop occur at the roughness height of 15%, roughness number of 6 and Reynolds number of 20 by about 10.6% and 52.8% than the smooth microchannel respectively.     

气体在任意截面形状微尺度槽道中的滑移流动

利用正交函数法对气体在具有任意截面形状的微尺度槽道内的充分发展层流滑移流动特性进行了理论分析,获得了任意截面形状微槽道内的速度分布和流动阻力特性的分析解,并以矩形微槽为例分析了微槽截面上的速度分布和阻力特性.结果表明：随Kn数的增加,由于壁面处滑移流动的影响,气体流经微槽的流动阻力常数小于大尺度理论预测值;理论分析解的结果与实验结果吻合较好,表明在一定的Kn数范围内Navier-Stokes方程在考虑了速度滑移后可以描述微通道内的气体流动过程;正交函数法在微槽内滑移流动的分析中是可行的.     

微通道内表面性质对其内流体流动特性的影响

通过对玻璃微通道内壁表面进行羟基化处理、溶胶-凝胶法纳米SiO2颗粒沉积以及疏水分子自组装等改性处理,制备得到了具有不同内壁表面润湿性和粗糙度的微通道;系统研究了微通道内表面性质对其内流体流动特性的影响。结果表明,在微通道内表面浸润性相同(同为亲水或疏水)时,粗糙表面会比光滑表面给微通道内的流体流动带来更大的阻力,而且流体流动推动力越大时其影响越大;当微通道内表面粗糙度相同时,亲水表面会比疏水表面给微通道内的流体流动带来更大的阻力,而且流体流动推动力越大时其影响越显著;相比之下,微通道内表面浸润性对其内流体流动的影响比其粗糙度的影响更大。研究结果可以为微流动系统或微流体机械的设计和应用提供指导。     

壁面润湿性对蛇形微通道内两相流流动特性影响的格子Boltzmann模拟

在90°Y形汇流的矩形截面蛇形微通道内,采用格子Boltzmann方法对不同接触角的蛇形微通道内气液两相流动进行了数值计算。首先以空气和水为工作流体对气液两相流动进行模拟研究并通过实验进行验证。验证模型合理性后,根据模拟计算结果,以气液相流速为坐标绘制了不同接触角下的流型图并分析其差异性及原因;同时深入研究了液相黏度和接触角对于弹状流流体力学性质的综合影响;比较了具有不同接触角壁面的蛇形微通道内两相流压降、摩擦因子、壁面摩擦系数和剪切应力的分布规律,并讨论了蛇形微通道内气液两相流动的影响因素。研究表明疏水壁面即接触角大于90°时,微通道内两相流压降、摩擦因子、壁面摩擦系数和剪切应力均低于亲水壁面微通道内相关参数,更利于流体流动。     

基于抛物线形气-液界面的超疏水微通道减阻特性

针对超疏水表面微通道中的流动减阻特性,基于抛物线形气-液界面假设,采用VOF模型模拟了微通道中的二维层流流动,分析了流动和结构参数对减阻效果的影响。结果表明,含矩形微坑的超疏水表面微通道具有显著减阻作用,fRe随Reynolds数增大而略有提高,量纲1压降比随入口速度增大而略有下降。当增大微坑面积比或减小微通道高度时,fRe减小,量纲1压降比增大;且微通道高度越小,微坑面积比对fRe的影响越显著。随抛物线形高度增加,压降比和滑移长度均线性减小,而fRe则线性增加。当微坑深度大于其宽度的40%时,压降比和滑移长度趋于定值。微坑形状对减阻效果的影响依次是燕尾形、矩形、梯形和三角形。     

微通道壁面浸润性对气-液两相流的影响规律研究

通道壁面浸润性对微通道内的气-液两相流具有重要影响。利用等离子体辅助接枝改性,将甲基丙烯酰乙基磺基甜菜碱（SBMA）及1H, 1H, 2H, 2H-全氟癸基三乙氧基硅烷接枝在聚甲基丙烯酸甲酯（PMMA）材料表面,得到了10°、40°、70°和110°四种接触角的微通道,并考察了浸润性对流型、气泡长度和压降的影响。结果表明,随接触角增大,气泡截断位置下移,膨胀阶段缩短,挤压阶段变长;低流量时,气泡长度随接触角增加而增大,高流量时则减小;建立了与材料表面水接触角相关的气泡尺寸预测关联式,与Garstecki经典预测关联式相比,预测精度更高;θ<90°时,接触角增加,压降减小;θ>90°时,三相接触线使流动阻力和压降增加。     

壁面润湿性对微细通道内R141b流动沸腾不稳定性的影响

为了探究壁面润湿性对制冷剂R141b流动沸腾不稳定性的影响，设计微细通道流动沸腾实验平台，制备3种不同润湿性的矩形微细通道，其壁面接触角分别为62.3°、接近0°和158.7°。以R141b为实验工质，在截面宽×高为1mm×2mm的矩形微细通道内进行流动沸腾换热实验，研究了沿程测点压力波动情况以及影响进出口总压降波动的因素，最后对总压降波动信号进行Hurst指数分析，结果表明：微细通道沿程测点波动方差最大的位置正处于沸腾起始点（ONB）附近，热流密度的减小以及质量通量的增大均会使沸腾起始点推后；进出口总压降波动受热流密度、质量通量和壁面润湿性的影响，相同工况下，热流密度增大和质量通量的减小都会引起系统不稳定性增强，超疏水表面微细通道的总压降波动方差均比其他两种表面的大，是波动方差最小的超亲水表面的1.35～1.84倍；利用Hurst指数分析，表明系统具有混沌现象，超疏水表面微细通道的Hurst指数最大，表现出更强烈的不稳定性。     

Laminar Drag Reduction in Hydrophobic Microchannels

The apparent slip effects of laminar water flow in smooth hydrophobic microchannels and patterned hydrophobic microchannels were investigated. A series of experiments were performed to demonstrate the drag reductions for laminar water flow in hydrophobic microchannels. These microchannels were fabricated from silicon wafers using photolithography and were coated with hydrophobic octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS). To generate a larger drag reduction, the patterned hydrophobic microchannels were fabricated to allow the liquid to flow over a region of trapped air in the cavity between the microridges. With the geometrical dimensions used, pressure drop reductions ranging from 10 to 30 % were found in the smooth microchannels and patterned microchannels. The pressure drop reduction was shown to increase with increasing microridge spacing and decreasing microchannel width. Using micro‐particle image velocimetry (PIV), we measured an apparent slip velocity at the wall of approximately 8 % of the centerline velocity, yielding a slip length of approximately 2 μm in the smooth hydrophobic microchannel. Theoretically, the analytical solution derived for three‐dimensional flow in a rectangular duct is presented to predict the slip velocity and slip length at the wall based on the pressure drop measurement. These results are in agreement with the experimental data obtained using micro‐PIV.     

微通道内流体压力降研究进展

从微通道构型出发,总结了恒定截面通道、变径通道、复杂通道内流体压降研究的最新进展,介绍了哈根?泊肃叶定律用于恒定截面通道的研究进展,提出了变径通道的截面变化对压降的影响,总结了复杂构型微通道内流体压降研究的难点,讨论了粘度、滑移、特征尺寸及其测量方式对压降的影响,为构建压降预测模型提供了思路. 对该领域今后主要的研究方向进行了展望.     

Oil–water two‐phase flow in microchannels: Flow patterns and pressure drop measurements

This paper investigates oil–water two‐phase flows in microchannels of 793 and 667 µm hydraulic diameters made of quartz and glass, respectively. By injecting one fluid at a constant flow rate and the second at variable flow rate, different flow patterns were identified and mapped and the corresponding two‐phase pressure drops were measured. Measurements of the pressure drops were interpreted using the homogeneous and Lockhart–Martinelli models developed for two‐phase flows in pipes. The results show similarity to both liquid–liquid flow in pipes and to gas–liquid flow in microchannels. We find a strong dependence of pressure drop on flow rates, microchannel material, and the first fluid injected into the microchannel.     

铜基正弦波微通道内流动沸腾传热特性试验研究

基于超快激光技术加工铜基正弦波弯曲型微通道,以去离子水为流动工质,在不同质量流量和热通量条件下,对弯曲型微通道内流动沸腾特性进行试验研究。基于温度/压力数据和流动可视化结果,发现通道传热系数随出口干度增大,呈迅速增大后减小并趋于稳定趋势,正弦波微通道相较直微通道具有更好的换热性能,传热系数最大提高127.7%,压降仅增加14.4%。波状通道结构能明显抑制流动沸腾中不稳定现象发生。通过可视化试验发现,随热通量增大,流型经历泡状流-弹状流-环状流的转变,换热主导机制由核态沸腾逐渐过渡到薄液膜蒸发。     

小曲率蛇形微通道弯头处弹状流流动及传质特性的数值研究

采用CLSVOF（coupled level set and volume of fluid）方法,以空气和水为工作流体对小曲率矩形截面蛇形微通道内气液两相流动进行模拟研究。验证模型的合理性后,研究了曲率对弯通道内压降的影响,曲率及气相速度对弹状流气泡及液塞长度的综合影响;同时深入分析了弯管内气液两相流动的传质特性,包括不同曲率下气泡长度的变化,弯管内液侧体积传质系数与液膜体积传质系数的比较,曲率及气相速度对液相体积传质系数的影响。同时,对比了回转弯道与直微通道传质系数的差异,发现弯微通道可以强化传质。     

Simulation of fluid dynamics in a microchannel Fischer-Tropsch reactor

Fluid dynamics in a microchannel of a new-generation Fischer-Tropsch reactor for artificial petroleum synthesis is reported. Liquid and gaseous product downflows are modeled in the annular flow approximation. The conjugate flow of gaseous and liquid products is investigated in terms of integral momentum balance equations with capillary effects and microchannel wall roughness taken into consideration. A simulation procedure appropriate for the method of deposition of catalyst particles onto the inner wall is suggested for modeling a random inner surface of the microchannel. The simulation procedure takes into account the variation of the synthesis product composition and the variation of the thermal properties of the liquid and gas phases along the microchannel length. A stable computational procedure has been devised for calculating fluid dynamic parameters of the two-phase flow. The effects of the synthesis gas flow rate and conversion, microchannel diameter, chain propagation constant, temperature, and pressure on the two-phase flow parameters and on the aerodynamic resistance of the gas have been investigated.     

平板膜组件内部流体流动状态的可视化

自行设计了透明的有机玻璃膜组件,用于直接观测组件内部流体流动状态。分别测定了空流道和含有料液隔网流道的压力损失,并根据摩擦因子f随Re值的变化曲线确定了临界Reynolds数（Re_c）的范围。结果表明,含有料液隔网流道的Re_c相比空流道大大减小。利用注射颜料的方法对流体流动情况进行观测,验证了上述结果。随后测定了表面粗糙度、隔网排布形式、孔隙率对流体流动情况的影响。最后,自制小型卷式膜进行测试,结果与平板膜的压力损失情况相符,表明平板膜的实验结果可以用于预测卷式膜的行为。     

矩形截面微通道内气-液两相流压力降的实验测定及关联(英文)

The pressure drop of gas-liquid two-phase flow in microchannel is of fundamental importance in heat and mass transfer processes. In this work,the pressure drop of gas-liquid two-phase flow in horizontal rectangular cross-section microchannels was measured by a pressure differential transducer system. Water,ethanol and n-propanol were used as liquid phase to study the effects of capillary number on pressure drop;air was used as the gas phase. Four microchannels with various dimensions of 100 μm× 200 μm,100 μm× 400 μm,100 μm× 800 μm and 100 μm× 2000 μm(depth × width) were used for determining the influence of configuration on the pressure drop. Experimental results showed that in micro-scale,the capillary number also affected the pressure drop remarkably,and in spite of only one-fold difference in aspect ratio,the variation of pressure drop reached up to near three times under the same experimental conditions. Taking the effects of aspect ratio and surface tension into account,a modi-fied correlation for Chisholm parameter C in the Chisholm model was proposed for predicting the frictional multi-plier,and the predicted values by the proposed correlation showed a satisfactory agreement with experimental data.     

基于两相流流型的平行流冷凝器整体仿真模型与实验验证

引言平行流冷凝器作为一种新颖的换热器加之其不同于传统翅片管换热器的结构,因此其传热流动性能尚处研究之中。尤其是平行流冷凝器制冷剂侧微通道两相流机制及其转变不同于常规的管子,以往关于平行流冷凝器整体仿真模型的研究中,微通道两相流数值模拟大都采用传统大管径模型或者修正     

A combined active/passive scheme for enhancing the mixing efficiency of microfluidic devices

The straight microchannels used in conventional microfluidic devices yield a poor mixing performance because the fluid flow is restricted to the low Reynolds number regime, and hence mixing takes place primarily as a result of diffusion. In an attempt to improve the mixing efficiency of pressure-driven microfluidic flows, the current study applies periodic velocity perturbations to the species flows at the microchannel inlet and incorporates a wavy-wall section within the mixing channel. Numerical simulations are performed to analyze the respective effects on the mixing efficiency of the geometric amplitude of the wavy surface, the length of the wavy-wall section, and the Strouhal number of the periodic velocity perturbations. Overall, the results reveal that the mixing performance is improved by increasing the geometric wave amplitude or length of the wavy-wall section and by applying a Strouhal number in the range 0.33-0.67.     

Effects of roughness elements on laminar flow and heat transfer in microchannels

A model of laminar flow and heat transfer in rough microchannels is developed and analyzed numerically to compare the effect of roughness elements on the thermal and hydrodynamic characteristics. In this model, the rough surfaces are configured with triangular, rectangular and semicircular roughness elements, respectively. Here, the effects of the Reynolds number, roughness height, and roughness element spacing on pressure drop and heat transfer in rough microchannels are all investigated and discussed. The results indicate that the global heat transfer performance is improved by the roughness elements at the expense of pressure head when compared to the smooth channel. Differing from the smooth microchannels, both the Poiseuille number and average Nusselt number of rough microchannels are no longer constant with Reynolds numbers and are larger than the classical value. Especially, the difference from the effects of three types of roughness elements is identified. With the increasing roughness height, the flow over surfaces with semicircular and triangular roughness elements induces stronger recirculation and flow separation. This contributes to heat transfer enhancement but also increases the pressure drop. However, the influence of the rectangular roughness element height is weaker than that of semicircular and triangular elements. In addition, the effects of the spacing of roughness elements on the Poiseuille number and average Nusselt number are in decreasing order for semicircular, triangular and rectangular roughness elements, respectively.     

宽矩形硅微通道中流动冷凝的流型

对水力直径90.6 μm、宽深比9.668的矩形硅微通道中的流动冷凝过程进行了可视化研究。研究发现,宽矩形硅微通道中的冷凝,沿程主要有珠状-环状复合流、喷射流和弹状-泡状流等流型。在珠状-环状复合流区,冷凝液膜可覆盖通道竖直侧壁,而在通道长边上,仍然为珠状凝结。喷射流位置随着入口蒸气Reynolds数的增大而延后,通道截面形状对流动冷凝不稳定性也存在很大影响。喷射流之后为弹状-泡状流,弹状气泡沿程逐渐缩短,并在表面张力的作用下收缩成圆球形气泡。冷凝通道的平均传热系数将随着入口蒸气Reynolds数的增大而增大。     

液滴滴浸微通道入口段的动力学特性分析

采用流体体积(Volume of Fluid, VOF)函数捕捉气液相界面,研究液滴滴浸微通道入口段的运动,通过改变微通道入口段的截面宽度、润湿特性及液滴雷诺数(Re)和韦伯数(We)研究滴浸过程的动力学特性。结果表明,微通道入口段的截面宽度对液滴浸入微通道时的撞击过程影响最明显,随截面宽度减小,液滴撞击通道入口后通过微通道的难度增加,整个过程液滴所受阻力逐渐增大;当微通道截面宽度减至0.2 mm时,壁面润湿性效应凸显,表现为壁面静态接触角越大,液滴滴浸微通道时所受的阻力也越大。表面接触角较大时,为使液体通过微通道入口段,可适当增大液滴的Re,液体在通道内的浸润长度随Re增加成比例增大,当Re增至4000时,通道内开始出现射流现象。We减小,表面张力效应变得明显,通道内的流动阻力变大,液体流过微通道入口段的难度增大。