Design and characterisation of the staggered herringbone mixer

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-121

  Kee, Suet Ping ^a   Gavriilidis, Asterios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chaotic micromixer; Micromixer; Staggered herringbone mixer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ESTIMATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; KETONES; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; RHENIUM; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS;

ADAPTIVE TIME STEPPING; CHARACTERISATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD); CUT-OFF; ELSEVIER (CO); FLUID ELEMENTS; FOURTH ORDER; HERRINGBONE (HB); MICRO CHANNELS; MIXING LENGTH (ML); MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; PARTICLE TRACKING; PENETRATION DEPTHS; QUALITATIVE AGREEMENT; RUNGE-KUTTA INTEGRATION; SPATIALLY PERIODIC; STRIATION THICKNESS; TRACER PARTICLES;

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EID: 47649118740     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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