A vortex-type micromixer utilizing pneumatically driven membranes

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Yang, Sung Yi ^a   Lin, Jr Lung ^b   Lee, Gwo Bin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; FLUID DYNAMICS; JOB ANALYSIS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); RAPID PROTOTYPING; SWIRLING FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL REACTIONS; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; DRIVING FREQUENCIES; DYNAMIC PHENOMENON; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO-ELECTRO- MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MIXING CHAMBERS; MIXING EFFICIENCIES; MIXING MECHANISMS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; MIXING TIME; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED MACHINES; RAPID MIXING; SYSTEM APPLICATIONS; TIME PERIODS;

MIXING;

EID: 61849100543     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/19/3/035020     Document Type: Article

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