Passive micro mixers for applications in the micro reactor and μTAS field

Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Microchannels and Minichannels (ICMM2004)

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 45-55

  Hardt, Steffen ^a   Drese, Klaus ^b   Hessel, Volker ^b   Schönfeld, Friedhelm ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

FLOW SEPARATIONS; MICRO MIXTURES; MICRO REACTORS;

MIXTURES;

EID: 4544307884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/icmm2004-2319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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