Snap-Off Criteria for Dynamic Flow Conditions in Constricted Circular Capillaries
One of the main mechanisms of emulsion formation in porous media is the snap-off; invasion of the wetting phase flowing adjacent to the pore wall within a constriction mostly occupied by the non-wetting phase, causing breakup into isolated drops of this phase. The current approaches to determine the...
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| description | One of the main mechanisms of emulsion formation in porous media is the snap-off; invasion of the wetting phase flowing adjacent to the pore wall within a constriction mostly occupied by the non-wetting phase, causing breakup into isolated drops of this phase. The current approaches to determine the occurrence of this phenomenon have been formulated for quasistatic flow conditions, where the mechanisms governing the flow are controlled by the geometry of the capillary. However, some studies suggest that the drop breakup does not occur above a capillary number threshold and given a certain viscosity ratio, even if the static breakup criteria are met. In this paper, we extend the current numerical analysis of the capillary number upper limit (Calim), in which the snap-off is inhibited, by considering the effect of viscosity ratio on the dynamics of immiscible two-phase flow through constricted circular capillaries. Based on the results of this study, empirical mathematical expressions that relate the main physical variables of the flow were established as breakup criteria for dynamic flow conditions. The dynamic breakup criteria takes into account, jointly: some aspects of rheology of the two-phase system, such as the viscosity ratio; the dynamic factors of the flow, encapsulated in the local capillary number; and an integral form of the capillary geometry, represented by a parameter that relates both radii and the distance between them. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-830fb4b65e8440f992175e8642c69b662022-12-21T21:11:36ZengIsfahan University of TechnologyJournal of Applied Fluid Mechanics1735-35722018-01-01112447457.Snap-Off Criteria for Dynamic Flow Conditions in Constricted Circular CapillariesQ. A. Quevedo Tiznado0C. Fuentes1E. González-Sosa2C. Chávez3Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Querétaro, Qro., MexicoMexican Institute of Water Technology, Jiutepec, Morelos, MexicoFaculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Querétaro, Qro., MexicoFaculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Querétaro, Qro., MexicoOne of the main mechanisms of emulsion formation in porous media is the snap-off; invasion of the wetting phase flowing adjacent to the pore wall within a constriction mostly occupied by the non-wetting phase, causing breakup into isolated drops of this phase. The current approaches to determine the occurrence of this phenomenon have been formulated for quasistatic flow conditions, where the mechanisms governing the flow are controlled by the geometry of the capillary. However, some studies suggest that the drop breakup does not occur above a capillary number threshold and given a certain viscosity ratio, even if the static breakup criteria are met. In this paper, we extend the current numerical analysis of the capillary number upper limit (Calim), in which the snap-off is inhibited, by considering the effect of viscosity ratio on the dynamics of immiscible two-phase flow through constricted circular capillaries. Based on the results of this study, empirical mathematical expressions that relate the main physical variables of the flow were established as breakup criteria for dynamic flow conditions. The dynamic breakup criteria takes into account, jointly: some aspects of rheology of the two-phase system, such as the viscosity ratio; the dynamic factors of the flow, encapsulated in the local capillary number; and an integral form of the capillary geometry, represented by a parameter that relates both radii and the distance between them.http://jafmonline.net/JournalArchive/download?file_ID=44739&issue_ID=247Drop breakup; Pore-scale flow; Local capillary number; Capillary geometry. |
| spellingShingle | Q. A. Quevedo Tiznado C. Fuentes E. González-Sosa C. Chávez Snap-Off Criteria for Dynamic Flow Conditions in Constricted Circular Capillaries Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics Drop breakup; Pore-scale flow; Local capillary number; Capillary geometry. |
| title | Snap-Off Criteria for Dynamic Flow Conditions in Constricted Circular Capillaries |
| title_full | Snap-Off Criteria for Dynamic Flow Conditions in Constricted Circular Capillaries |
| title_fullStr | Snap-Off Criteria for Dynamic Flow Conditions in Constricted Circular Capillaries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Snap-Off Criteria for Dynamic Flow Conditions in Constricted Circular Capillaries |
| title_short | Snap-Off Criteria for Dynamic Flow Conditions in Constricted Circular Capillaries |
| title_sort | snap off criteria for dynamic flow conditions in constricted circular capillaries |
| topic | Drop breakup; Pore-scale flow; Local capillary number; Capillary geometry. |
| url | http://jafmonline.net/JournalArchive/download?file_ID=44739&issue_ID=247 |
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