Quasi-direct numerical simulation of lift force-induced particle separation in a curved microchannel by use of a macroscopic particle model

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2454-2465

  Ookawara, Shinichi ^a   Agrawal, Madhusuden ^b   Street, David ^c   Ogawa, Kohei ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ANSYS INC   (United States)

^c Fluent Asia Pacific   (Japan)

Author keywords

CFD; Lift force; Microchannel; Particle separation; Quasi direct numerical simulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCHANNELS;

LIFT FORCE; PARTICLE SEPARATION; QUASI-DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

FLOW SEPARATION;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW SEPARATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 33947637087     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.031     Document Type: Article

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