Mixing enhancement by simple periodic geometric features in microchannels

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 187, Issue , 2012, Pages 306-310

  Fang, Yuqiang ^a   Ye, Yinghua ^a   Shen, Ruiqi ^a   Zhu, Peng ^a   Guo, Rui ^a   Hu, Yan ^a   Wu, Lizhi ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Microchannel; Mixing unit; Periodic geometric features

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRIC FEATURE; GOOD MIXING; LOW REYNOLDS NUMBER; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MIXING ENHANCEMENT; MIXING UNIT; MIXING UNITS; SPATIAL GEOMETRY;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUIDITY; GEOMETRY; MIXING; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84862808859     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.01.130     Document Type: Article

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