Tawfiq Chekifi1, *, Brahim Dennai2, Rachid Khelfaoui2
FDMP-Fluid Dynamics & Materials Processing, Vol.13, No.3, pp. 173-187, 2017, DOI:10.3970/fdmp.2017.013.173
Abstract Recently, modeling immiscible fluids such as oil and water have been a classical research topic. Droplet-based microfluidics presents a unique platform for mixing, reaction, separation, dispersion of drops and many other functions. In this paper, we suggest a numerical CFD study of microfluidic oscillator with two different lengths of feedback loop. In order to produce simultaneous droplets of gasoil on water, a typical geometry that includes double T-junction is connected to the fluidic oscillator. Droplets production is computed by volume-of-fluid method (VOF). Flow oscillations of droplets were triggered by the Coanda effect of jet flow. More >