Flow and mixing in rotating zigzag microchannel

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 215-216, Issue , 2013, Pages 561-578

  Ren, Yong ^a   Leung, Wallace Woon Fong ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bend; Centrifugal acceleration; Coriolis acceleration; Crossflow; Microfluidic mixing; Zigzag channel

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; FLOW PATTERNS; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROTATION;

BEND; CENTRIFUGAL ACCELERATION; CORIOLIS ACCELERATION; CROSS FLOWS; MICROFLUIDIC MIXING; ZIGZAG CHANNEL;

ACCELERATION;

EID: 84873037914     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.136     Document Type: Article

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