Novel thermophoretic particle separators: Numerical analysis and simulation

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 527-534

  Eslamian, Morteza ^a   Saghir, M Ziad ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Lab on a chip; Microchannels; Microfluidics; Nanofluids; Particle manipulation; Particle separation; Thermophoresis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; LA-GRANGIAN APPROACHES; MICROCHANNEL GEOMETRIES; NANOFLUIDS; PARTICLE MANIPULATION; PARTICLE SEPARATION; THERMOPHORETIC PARTICLES; TRANSPORT EQUATION;

LAB-ON-A-CHIP; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LIQUIDS; MACROMOLECULES; MICROCHANNELS; MICROFLUIDICS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; SEPARATION; THERMOPHORESIS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84880347173     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2013.06.020     Document Type: Article

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