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Hydrodynamics of Liquid-Liquid Flows in Micro Channels and Its Influence on Transport Properties: A Review

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  • Arijit A. Ganguli

    (School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad 380009, India
    Chemical Engineering Department, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400019, India)

  • Aniruddha B. Pandit

    (Chemical Engineering Department, Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai 400019, India)

Abstract

Hydrodynamics plays a major role in transport of heat and mass transfer in microchannels. This includes flow patterns and flow regimes in which the micro-channels are operated. The flow patterns have a major impact the transport properties. Another important aspect is the pressure drop in micro-channels. In the present review, the experimental and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) studies covering all the above aspects have been covered. The effect of geometrical parameters like shape of channel, channel size, material of construction of channels; operating parameters like flow velocity, flow ratio and fluid properties have been presented and analyzed. Experimental and analytical work of different pressure drop models has also been presented. All the literature related to influence of flow patterns on transport properties like volumetric mass transfer coefficients (VMTC) and heat transfer coefficients (HTC) have been presented and analyzed. It is found that most works in Liquid-Liquid Extraction (LLE) systems have been carried out in slug flow and T-junctions. Models for coupled systems of flow and mass transfer have been presented and works carried out for different coupled systems have been listed. CFD simulations match experimental results within 20% deviations in quantitative and qualitative predictions of flow phenomena for most research articles referred in this review. There is a disparity in prediction of a generalized regime map and a generalized regime map for prediction of flow patterns for various systems would need the help of Artificial Intelligence.

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  • Arijit A. Ganguli & Aniruddha B. Pandit, 2021. "Hydrodynamics of Liquid-Liquid Flows in Micro Channels and Its Influence on Transport Properties: A Review," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-56, September.
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    1. Dixit, Tisha & Ghosh, Indranil, 2015. "Review of micro- and mini-channel heat sinks and heat exchangers for single phase fluids," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 41(C), pages 1298-1311.
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