Density-induced asymmetric pair of Dean vortices and its effects on mass transfer in a curved microchannel with two-layer laminar stream

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 216-223

  Xuan, Jin ^a   Leung, Michael K H ^b   Leung, Dennis Y C ^a   Ni, Meng ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Dean vortices; Microchannel; Two layer laminar flow

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIC DEVICES; LAMINAR FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; VORTEX FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CURVED MICROCHANNEL; DEAN VORTEX; DENSITY DIFFERENCE; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; PARAMETRIC -ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; TWO-LAYER;

MASS TRANSFER;

EID: 79957603188     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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