In a T-shaped mixer,the two liquid streams in the inlet channels meet each other at the T-junction,and their liquid-liquid contacting face exhibits planar,swirling folds and the folds breaking to be chaos and turbulen...In a T-shaped mixer,the two liquid streams in the inlet channels meet each other at the T-junction,and their liquid-liquid contacting face exhibits planar,swirling folds and the folds breaking to be chaos and turbulence,as the Reynolds number increases.The characteristic mixing scenario attracts long-time attention,given these mixings are of fundamental importance in fluid physics and also have been successfully used in engineering applications.The experimental and numerical studies of flow features and mixing characteristics in T-mixers are overviewed in this manuscript.This review introduces the experimental and numerical techniques in the studies,the flow and mixing characteristics in the corresponding regimes and application examples of the T-mixers at last,aiming at introducing fundamentals to researchers with initial interests on this topic.展开更多
Various types of geofluids exist in deep and ultra-deep layers in petroliferous basins.The geofluids are much more active under high-temperature and high-pressure(HTHP)conditions,but their properties are unclear.We si...Various types of geofluids exist in deep and ultra-deep layers in petroliferous basins.The geofluids are much more active under high-temperature and high-pressure(HTHP)conditions,but their properties are unclear.We simulated the mixing of different fluids in CH_(4)/C_(3)H_(8)/C_(6)H_(14)/C_(8)H_(18)-water systems and C_(6)H_(14)/C_(8)H_(18)-CO_(2)-H_(2)O systems at temperatures of 25℃ to 425℃ and pressures of 5 MPa to 105 MPa,using an in-situ micron quartz capillary tube thermal simulation system and molecular dynamics numerical simulation software.The mixing processes,patterns,and mechanisms of various fluids were analyzed at microscale under increasing temperature and pressure conditions.The results show that the miscibility of fluids in the different alkane-H_(2)O and alkane-CO_(2)-H_(2)O systems is not instantaneous,but the miscibility degree between different fluid phases increases as the temperature and pressure rise during the experiments.The physical thermal experiments(PTEs)show that the mixing process can be divided into three stages:initial miscibility,segmented dynamic miscibility,and complete miscibility.The molecular dynamics numerical simulations(MDNSs)indicate that the mixing process of fluids in the alkane-H_(2)O and alkane CO_(2)-H_(2)O systems can be divided into seven and eight stages,respectively.The carbon number affects the miscibility of alkanes and water,and the temperature and pressure required to reach the same miscibility stage with water increase with the carbon number(C_(3)H_(8),C_(6)H_(14),CH_(4),C_(8)H_(18)).CO_(2) has a critical bridge role in the miscibility of alkanes and water,and its presence significantly reduces the temperatures required to reach the initial,dynamic,and complete miscibility of alkanes and water.The results are of great significance for analyzing and understanding the miscibility of geofluids in deep and ultra-deep HTHP systems.展开更多
Most previous studies about chaotic mixing focused on time-periodic or spatialy-periodic flows.In contrary,fewer studies have been done in aperiodic flows.In this paper,the chaotic mixing generated by periodic and ape...Most previous studies about chaotic mixing focused on time-periodic or spatialy-periodic flows.In contrary,fewer studies have been done in aperiodic flows.In this paper,the chaotic mixing generated by periodic and aperiodic flows is investigated through visible experiments and numerical simulations.The distribution of stretching is found to be much more uniform for apeiodic flows and mixing efficiency of aperiodic flows is higher than periodic flows.Among the several aperiodic sequences,the SB sequence is the best one.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11988102 and 92152106).
文摘In a T-shaped mixer,the two liquid streams in the inlet channels meet each other at the T-junction,and their liquid-liquid contacting face exhibits planar,swirling folds and the folds breaking to be chaos and turbulence,as the Reynolds number increases.The characteristic mixing scenario attracts long-time attention,given these mixings are of fundamental importance in fluid physics and also have been successfully used in engineering applications.The experimental and numerical studies of flow features and mixing characteristics in T-mixers are overviewed in this manuscript.This review introduces the experimental and numerical techniques in the studies,the flow and mixing characteristics in the corresponding regimes and application examples of the T-mixers at last,aiming at introducing fundamentals to researchers with initial interests on this topic.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.42222208,41821002)the Special Fund for Taishan Scholar Project(Grant No.tsqn201909061)+1 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.20CX06067A)Marine S&T Fund of Shandong Province for Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology(Qingdao)(Grant No.2021QNLM020001)。
文摘Various types of geofluids exist in deep and ultra-deep layers in petroliferous basins.The geofluids are much more active under high-temperature and high-pressure(HTHP)conditions,but their properties are unclear.We simulated the mixing of different fluids in CH_(4)/C_(3)H_(8)/C_(6)H_(14)/C_(8)H_(18)-water systems and C_(6)H_(14)/C_(8)H_(18)-CO_(2)-H_(2)O systems at temperatures of 25℃ to 425℃ and pressures of 5 MPa to 105 MPa,using an in-situ micron quartz capillary tube thermal simulation system and molecular dynamics numerical simulation software.The mixing processes,patterns,and mechanisms of various fluids were analyzed at microscale under increasing temperature and pressure conditions.The results show that the miscibility of fluids in the different alkane-H_(2)O and alkane-CO_(2)-H_(2)O systems is not instantaneous,but the miscibility degree between different fluid phases increases as the temperature and pressure rise during the experiments.The physical thermal experiments(PTEs)show that the mixing process can be divided into three stages:initial miscibility,segmented dynamic miscibility,and complete miscibility.The molecular dynamics numerical simulations(MDNSs)indicate that the mixing process of fluids in the alkane-H_(2)O and alkane CO_(2)-H_(2)O systems can be divided into seven and eight stages,respectively.The carbon number affects the miscibility of alkanes and water,and the temperature and pressure required to reach the same miscibility stage with water increase with the carbon number(C_(3)H_(8),C_(6)H_(14),CH_(4),C_(8)H_(18)).CO_(2) has a critical bridge role in the miscibility of alkanes and water,and its presence significantly reduces the temperatures required to reach the initial,dynamic,and complete miscibility of alkanes and water.The results are of great significance for analyzing and understanding the miscibility of geofluids in deep and ultra-deep HTHP systems.
文摘Most previous studies about chaotic mixing focused on time-periodic or spatialy-periodic flows.In contrary,fewer studies have been done in aperiodic flows.In this paper,the chaotic mixing generated by periodic and aperiodic flows is investigated through visible experiments and numerical simulations.The distribution of stretching is found to be much more uniform for apeiodic flows and mixing efficiency of aperiodic flows is higher than periodic flows.Among the several aperiodic sequences,the SB sequence is the best one.
