Water-ethanol mixing in T-shaped microdevices

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 95, Issue , 2013, Pages 174-183

  Orsi, Gianni ^a   Roudgar, Mina ^a   Brunazzi, Elisabetta ^a   Galletti, Chiara ^a   Mauri, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Microfluidics; Mixing; Multiphase flow; Simulation; Water ethanol mixture

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ETHANOL; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); MIXTURES; MULTIPHASE FLOW; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

INTERFACIAL REGION; MISCIBLE LIQUIDS; MIXING DYNAMICS; RESIDENCE TIME; SIMULATION; VISCOUS LAYERS; VORTEX FORMATION; WATER ETHANOL MIXTURES;

MIXING;

EID: 84876345075     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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