Mixing performance of unbalanced split and recombine micomixers with circular and rhombic sub-channels

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 760-767

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

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Micromixer; Mixing index; Navier Stokes equations; Pressure drop; Unbalanced split and recombine

Indexed keywords

DROP CHARACTERISTICS; FLUID FLOW; FLUID STREAMS; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING INDEX; MIXING PERFORMANCE; SPLIT-AND-RECOMBINE; SUBCHANNELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS;

FLUIDS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOUS FLOW;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 77955268194     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.05.068     Document Type: Article

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