Enhanced micromixing of electroosmotic flows using aperiodic time-varying zeta potentials

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-187

  Cho, Ching Chang ^a   Ho, Ching Jenq ^a   Chen, Cha'o Kuang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Active mixing; Electroosmotic flow; Microchannel; Micromixer; Numerical analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MIXING; CHANNEL WIDTHS; ELECTROOSMOTIC FLOW; FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS SURFACE; HOMOGENEOUS SURFACES; MICRO MIXERS; MICRO-MIXING; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OSCILLATING FREQUENCIES; RECIRCULATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION; SPROTT SYSTEMS; TIME VARYING;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROOSMOSIS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MICROCHANNELS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATING FLOW; SWITCHING FREQUENCY; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; ZETA POTENTIAL;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 77956648065     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.003     Document Type: Review

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