Pressure drop in micro T-mixers

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Soleymani, A ^a   Yousefi, H ^a   Ratchananusorn, W ^a   Turunen, I ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; DROPS; GEOMETRY; MIXING; PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

EXPLICIT EQUATIONS; FRICTION FACTORS; LIQUID PHASE; MIXING CHANNEL; MODEL RESULTS; MODERATE REYNOLDS NUMBERS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; VOLUME FLOW RATE;

MIXERS (MACHINERY);

EID: 84857355591     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/20/1/015029     Document Type: Article

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