Computational study of convective-diffusive mixing in a microchannel mixer

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2211-2223

  Liu, Minye ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

CFD; Diffusion; False diffusion; Microfluidics; Micromixers; Mixing

Indexed keywords

CFD; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONVECTION AND DIFFUSION; DIFFUSIVE MIXING; DIFFUSIVITIES; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITIES; EXPONENTIAL RATES; FALSE DIFFUSION; LIQUID SOLUTION; MICROMIXERS; MIXING MECHANISMS; MIXING STRUCTURES; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR DIFFUSIVITY; NUMERICAL SCHEME; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OPTIMAL MIXING; SCALAR DECAY; SCALAR MIXING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DECAY (ORGANIC); DIFFUSION; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NUMERICAL METHODS; RHENIUM; SECONDARY FLOW;

MIXING;

EID: 79953033700     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.02.036     Document Type: Article

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