A high-efficiency planar micromixer with convection and diffusion mixing over a wide Reynolds number range

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-183

  Shih, T R ^a   Chung, C K ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chamber; Convection; Diffusion; Micromixer; Obstacle

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MIXED CONVECTION; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHENIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TAGUCHI METHODS;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; ADAPTIVE DESIGNS; DIFFUSION MIXING; GAP RATIO; GEOMETRICAL FACTORS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING BEHAVIORS; MIXING EFFICIENCIES; MIXING UNITS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; REYNOLDS (CO); TAGUCHI;

MIXING;

EID: 46849107100     PISSN: 16134982     EISSN: 16134990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10404-007-0238-4     Document Type: Article

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