Parametric study on mixing of two fluids in a three-dimensional serpentine microchannel

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 439-448

  Ansari, Mubashshir Ahmad ^a   kim, Kwang Yong ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Laminar flow; Mixing; Numerical analysis; Parametric study; Three dimensional serpentine microchannel

Indexed keywords

DROPS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO PHASE FLOW;

CHANNEL HEIGHTS; CHANNEL WIDTHS; FLOW ANALYSES; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; GEOMETRICAL PARAMETERS; MIXING BEHAVIORS; MIXING INDICES; MIXING PERFORMANCES; PARAMETRIC INVESTIGATIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PRESSURE DROP CHARACTERISTICS; SERPENTINE CHANNELS; STRAIGHT CHANNELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SERPENTINE MICROCHANNEL; TWO FLUIDS; VORTICAL STRUCTURES;

NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 58349093333     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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