Experimental and numerical investigation of thermal chaotic mixing in a T-shaped microchannel

Heat and Mass Transfer/Waerme- und Stoffuebertragung

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1331-1339

  Xu, Bin ^a   Wong, Teck Neng ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; MASS TRANSFER; MICROCHANNELS; NUMERICAL MODELS;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; CHAOTIC MIXING; FLUORESCENT DYES; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; MIXING BEHAVIORS; MIXING EFFICIENCY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; T-SHAPED MICROCHANNELS;

MIXING;

EID: 85027937162     PISSN: 09477411     EISSN: 14321181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00231-011-0796-6     Document Type: Article

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