Mixing of miscible liquids in gas-segmented serpentine channels

International Journal of Multiphase Flow

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1149-1158

  Dogan, Hakan ^a   Nas, Selman ^b   Muradoglu, Metin ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Chaotic mixing; Finite volume front tracking method; Microfluidics; Segmented gas liquid flow

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE SIZE; CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CHAOTIC MIXING; CHAOTIC STIRRING; FINITE-VOLUME/FRONT-TRACKING METHOD; GAS LIQUID FLOWS; INTENSITY OF SEGREGATION; MISCIBLE LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; NON-DIMENSIONAL PARAMETERS; PASSIVE TRACER PARTICLES; SERPENTINE CHANNEL; TRACKING METHOD; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS;

MIXING;

EID: 74449085565     PISSN: 03019322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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