An efficient passive planar micromixer with fin-shaped baffles in the tee channel for wide Reynolds number flow range

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue , 2010, Pages 170-175

  Cortes Quiroz, C A ^a   Azarbadegan, A ^a   Moeendarbary, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluids dynamics; Fin shaped baffle; Mixing strategies; Multi objective optimization; Passive micromixer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID; COMPUTATIONAL FLUIDS DYNAMICS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FIN-SHAPED BAFFLE; GEOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; MICRO MIXERS; MINIMUM PRESSURE; MIXING CHANNEL; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MIXING INDEX; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; NEW DESIGN; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PARETO FRONT; PASSIVE MICROMIXER; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PRESSURE LOSS; QUANTITATIVE VALIDATION; REYNOLDS NUMBER FLOWS; MULTI OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATIONS (MOO);

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 78651572790     PISSN: 2010376X     EISSN: 20103778     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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