Vortex micro T-mixer with non-aligned inputs

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 181-182, Issue , 2012, Pages 846-850

  Ansari, Mubashshir A ^a   Kim, Kwang Yong ^a   Anwar, Khalid ^a   Kim, Sun Min ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flow stretching; Microchannel; Micromixer; T mixer; Vortical flow

Indexed keywords

FLUID STREAMS; INLET CHANNELS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NOVEL DESIGN; RECTANGULAR MICROCHANNELS; T-MIXER; TUNABLE CONTROL; VORTEX MIXERS; VORTICAL FLOWS;

INLET FLOW; MICROCHANNELS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

MIXING;

EID: 84856319528     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.11.113     Document Type: Article

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