Mixing performance of a planar micromixer with circular obstructions in a curved microchannel

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 423-434

  Alam, Afroz ^a   Afzal, Arshad ^a   Kim, Kwang Yong ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Circular obstructions; Curved microchannel; Micromixer; Mixing index; Navier Stokes equations; Reynolds number

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894317056     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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