Residence-time distribution as a measure of mixing in T-junction and multilaminated/elongational flow micromixers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1865-1874

  Adeosun, John T ^a   Lawal, Adeniyi ^a  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD simulation; Microfabrication; Micromixers; Passive mixing; Residence time distribution (RTD)

Indexed keywords

CFD SIMULATION; CFD SIMULATIONS; MICROMIXERS; PASSIVE MIXING; RESIDENCE-TIME DISTRIBUTIONS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROANALYSIS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MICROFABRICATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROMACHINING; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; RESONANT TUNNELING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 76049128111     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2009.11.038     Document Type: Article

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