Numerical and experimental investigations of liquid mixing in T-type micromixers

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 135, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Soleymani, A ^a   Kolehmainen, E ^a   Turunen, I ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Micromixers; Mixing efficiency; Numerical diffusion; T mixer

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

MICROMIXERS; MIXING EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL DIFFUSION; T-MIXER;

MIXING;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

EID: 36048969113     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2007.07.048     Document Type: Article

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