Film thickness measurement for elongated bubble flow in microchannel using LIF

Abstract

Two-phase gas-liquid flow in microchannels occurs in a variety of modern industrial applications. Using high-speed video recording, laser scanning and method LIF the characteristics of upward gas-liquid flow in rectangular microchannels with inlet T-mixer are considered. Statistical characteristics of gas-liquid flow and distributions of the phases in cross-section of a microchannel, with hydraulic diameter less than the capillary constant, were identified in a wide range of liquid and gas flow rates. Experiments were carried out for the flow of water-nitrogen in microchannels with cross section 42×280 μm and 720×1500 μm.