High-speed video is used to analyze the pinch-off of xenon in water. By varying the pressure in the xenon from 0.05 to 68 atm, the mass density ratio D=rho(int)/rho(ext) of the interior gaseous xenon rho(int} to the exterior liquid water rho(ext) can be varied by over 3 orders of magnitude. Both the shape of the pinch region and the power law that governs the collapse of the minimum neck radius...

0894-1777/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.01.031 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 513 529 0718; fax E-mail address: [email protected] (A.D. Som 1 Tel.: +1 513 529 1933; fax: +1 513 529 5629. Air-flow induced water droplet movement on micro-patterned aluminum surfaces consisting of parallel grooves tens of microns in width and depth is considered, and ...

Droplet vaporization models that are currently employed in simulating sprays are based on a quasisteady, low-pressure formulation. These models do not adequately represent many high-pressure effects, such as nonideal gas behavior, solubility of gases into liquid, pressure dependence of gasand liquid-phase thermophysical properties, and transient liquid transport in the droplet interior. In the ...

This paper summarizes the first results from isolated droplet combustion experiments performed on the International Space Station (ISS). The long durations of microgravity provided in the ISS enable the measurement of droplet and flame histories over an unprecedented range of conditions. The first experiments were with heptane and methanol as fuels, initial droplet droplet diameters between 1.5...

Droplet microfluidics, in which micro-droplets serve as individual reactors, has enabled a range of high-throughput biochemical processes.[1] The talk will start with our recent application on using droplets to identify bacteria, specifically methane-metabolizing bacteria, for increasing the efficiency of generation of bioplastics.[2] This work, along with emerging applications to screen very l...

We developed a novel micro-droplet array system, which is based on the distinct three dimensional mesh screen structure and sintering and oxidation induced thermal-fluid performance. Mesh screen was sintered on a copper substrate by bonding the two components. Non-uniform residue stress is generated along weft wires, with larger stress on weft wire top location than elsewhere. Oxidation of the ...

Maintaining the non-wetting property of textured hydrophobic surfaces is directly related to the preservation of an intervening fluid layer (gaseous or immiscible liquid) between the droplet and substrate; once displaced, it cannot be recovered spontaneously as the fully penetrated Wenzel wetting state is energetically favorable. Here, we identify pathways for the "lifting" of droplets from the...

Proteins are mostly used to stabilize food emulsions; however, production of protein containing emulsions is notoriously difficult to capture in scaling relations due to the complex behavior of proteins in interfaces, in combination with the dynamic nature of the emulsification process. Here, we investigate premix membrane emulsification and use the Ohnesorge number to derive a scaling relation...

Proper estimation of droplet growth rate plays a crucial role on appropriate prediction of supersonic separators performance for separation of fine droplets from a gas stream. Up to now, all available researches employ empirical or semi-empirical correlations to define the relationship between droplet growth rate (dr/dt) and other operating variables such as temperatures (T and TL), Pressure (P...