Fluid mixing via multidirectional vortices in converging-diverging meandering microchannels with semi-elliptical side walls

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 217, Issue , 2013, Pages 320-328

  Wu, Chih Yang ^a   Tsai, Rei Tang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Converging diverging channel; Dean vortices; Microfluidics; Mixing; Separation vortex

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; COMMERCIAL CODES; CONVERGING-DIVERGING CHANNEL; DEAN VORTEX; FLUID MIXING; LARGE EXPANSION RATIO; LARGE FLOW RATE; LITHOGRAPHY PROCESS; MEANDERING CHANNEL; MICRO MIXERS; MIXING EFFICIENCY; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SEPARATION VORTEX; SIDE WALLS; TRANSVERSE PLANES;

LITHOGRAPHY; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXING; SEPARATION; VORTEX FLOW; WALL FLOW;

MICROCHANNELS;

EID: 84871739451     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.12.016     Document Type: Article

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