Shape optimization of a micromixer with staggered-herringbone grooves patterned on opposite walls

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 730-737

  Hossain, Shakhawat ^a   Husain, Afzal ^a   Kim, Kwang Yong ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Herringbone grooves; Micromixer; Mixing index; Navier Stokes equations; Optimization; Response surface method

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; BOTTOM WALL; CHANNEL HEIGHT; DESIGN POINTS; DESIGN SPACES; DESIGN VARIABLES; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; GROOVE DEPTH; GROOVE WIDTH; HALF CYCLE; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LATIN HYPERCUBE SAMPLING; MASS-FRACTION; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING INDEX; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NAVIER STOKES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; REFERENCE DESIGNS; RESPONSE SURFACE; RESPONSE SURFACE APPROXIMATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD; SEQUENTIAL QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SURROGATE MODEL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NAVIER-STOKES; WORKING FLUID;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; ETHANOL; FUEL ADDITIVES; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; VISCOUS FLOW;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77955269642     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.05.056     Document Type: Article

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