Development of a σ-type plate static micromixer and its mixing performance;Development of a σ-type plate static micromixer and its mixing performance

Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 457-465

  Ohkawa, Kazuo ^a,b   Nakamoto, Takashi ^b   Inoue, Yoshiro ^b   Hirata, Yushi ^b  

^a ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Micromixer; Microreactor; Plate static mixer; Splitting and recombination

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444440901     PISSN: 0386216X     EISSN: 13499203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/kakoronbunshu.31.457     Document Type: Article

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