Mixing of a split and recombine micromixer with tapered curved microchannels

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 71, Issue , 2012, Pages 321-332

  Sheu, Tsung Sheng ^a   Chen, Sin Jhih ^b   Chen, Jyh Jian ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fluid mechanics; Microstructure; Mixing; Parallel lamination; Secondary flow

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CHANNEL CONFIGURATION; CHANNEL LENGTH; CHANNEL WIDTHS; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; CURVED CHANNELS; CURVED MICROCHANNEL; DEAN VORTEX; DIFFUSION DISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLOW CHARACTERISTIC; IMPINGEMENT EFFECT; INTERFACIAL PATTERNS; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING INDEX; MIXING PERFORMANCE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARALLEL LAMINATION; PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; SPLIT-AND-RECOMBINE; TAPERED STRUCTURE; TWO-FLUID;

CENTRIFUGATION; DIFFUSION; FLUID MECHANICS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MIXERS (MACHINERY); PRESSURE DROP; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SECONDARY FLOW; TWO PHASE FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

MIXING;

EID: 84862793369     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.12.042     Document Type: Article

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