Mixing performance of a chaotic micro-mixer

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1128-1134

  Mouza, A A ^a   Patsa, C M ^a   Schonfeld F ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chaotic flow; Dean flow; Forward backward facing step; Micro mixer; Mixing performance

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; SEPARATION; VISCOSITY;

CHAOTIC FLOW; DEAN FLOW; FORWARD/BACKWARD FACING STEP; MICRO-MIXER; MIXING PERFORMANCE;

MIXING;

EID: 51649106377     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2008.04.009     Document Type: Article

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