Application of direct fluid flow oscillations to improve mixing in microbioreactors

AIChE Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2725-2736

  Li, X ^a   Van Der Steen, G ^a   Van Dedem, G W K ^a   Van Der Wielen, L A M ^a   Van Leeuwen, M ^a   Van Gulik, W M ^a   Heijnen, J J ^a   Ottens, M ^a   Krommenhoek, E E ^b   Gardeniers, J G E ^b   Van Den Berg, A ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); Microbioreactor; Microfluidics; Micromixing; Oscillations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DIFFUSION AND CONVECTION; DIFFUSION DOMAIN; FLUID FLOW; MICRO REACTOR; MICROBIOREACTOR; MICROMIXING; MIXING METHOD; MIXING MODELS; OSCILLATING FLUIDS; OSCILLATIONS;

BIOREACTORS; ELECTRIC REACTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 70349118684     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.11880     Document Type: Article

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