Numerical and experimental analyses of planar asymmetric split-and-recombine micromixer with dislocation sub-channels

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1757-1765

  Li, Jian ^a   Xia, Guodong ^a   Li, Yifan ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dislocation sub channel; Experimental analysis; Microfluidic; Numerical simulation; Planar split and recombine

Indexed keywords

DISLOCATION STRUCTURES; DISLOCATION SUB CHANNELS; EFFECT OF PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL SIMULATIONS; NUMERICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; SPLIT AND RECOMBINATIONS; SPLIT-AND-RECOMBINE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; MICROFLUIDICS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); NUMERICAL MODELS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VORTEX FLOW;

MIXING;

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MICRO TOTAL ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PACKAGING; PHYSICAL MODEL; PLANAR ASYMMETRIC SPLIT AND RECOMBINE MICROMIXER WITH DISLOCATION SUB CHANNEL; PRESSURE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SIMULATION; STANDARD;

EID: 84881557896     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4044     Document Type: Article

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