3rd International Conference on Microfluidics and Bio-Mems
London, UK
Ganguli A
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ahmedabad University, India
Title: Three dimensional CFD simulations to study flow patterns in water-ionic liquid systems
Biography
Biography: Ganguli A
Abstract
Understanding of flow patterns is extremely essential for efficient design of microfluidic systems. In a step towards this objective, CFD simulations have been carried out for water-ionic liquid system in two types of micro-channels 120 x 240 μm and 100 x 400 μm respectively for superficial velocity range of 0.3 – 1.16 mm/s in case of ionic liquids and in the range of 0.15 – 580 mm/s in case of water. The flow patterns of plug and parallel flows have been found to be match well with the results from published literature. Challenges were observed in simulations related to throat annular flows. The quantitative values of plug velocities as per experimental data available in the literature matched well with predicted values with a maximum deviation of 7-8%.