NDLI: Numerical modeling of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering: a review of methods and applications

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Author	Wörner, Martin
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	This article presents a comprehensive review of numerical methods and models for interface resolving simulations of multiphase flows in microfluidics and micro process engineering. The focus of the paper is on continuum methods where it covers the three common approaches in the sharp interface limit, namely the volume-of-fluid method with interface reconstruction, the level set method and the front tracking method, as well as methods with finite interface thickness such as color-function based methods and the phase-field method. Variants of the mesoscopic lattice Boltzmann method for two-fluid flows are also discussed, as well as various hybrid approaches. The mathematical foundation of each method is given and its specific advantages and limitations are highlighted. For continuum methods, the coupling of the interface evolution equation with the single-field Navier–Stokes equations and related issues are discussed. Methods and models for surface tension forces, contact lines, heat and mass transfer and phase change are presented. In the second part of this article applications of the methods in microfluidics and micro process engineering are reviewed, including flow hydrodynamics (separated and segmented flow, bubble and drop formation, breakup and coalescence), heat and mass transfer (with and without chemical reactions), mixing and dispersion, Marangoni flows and surfactants, and boiling.
Starting Page	841
Ending Page	886
Page Count	46
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16134982
Journal	Microfluidics and Nanofluidics
Volume Number	12
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	16134990
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-03-10
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Microfluidics Micro process engineering Multiphase flow Interfacial flow Numerical methods Direct numerical simulation Engineering Fluid Dynamics Biomedical Engineering Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Materials Chemistry Condensed Matter Physics Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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