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Title: | Hydrodynamic characterisation of layered herringbone microchannels |
Authors: | Cantu-Perez, A Barrass, S Freitag, A Drietrich, T Gavriilidis, A 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2009) |
Keywords: | Residence time distribution;Micromixing;Microchannel;Staggered herringbone micromixer |
Issue Date: | 2009 |
Publisher: | Brunel University |
Citation: | 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference, Brunel University, West London, UK, 01-02 September 2009 |
Abstract: | The performance of a layered herringbone microstructured channel is compared with the staggered herringbone micromixer (SHM) originally proposed by Stroock et al. (2002). The layered configuration uses a single set of herringbone structures for two adjacent channels. Mixing and residence time distributions (RTDs) are studied both theoretically, via computational fluid dynamics and particle tracking algorithms, and experimentally. Experimental RTD measurements were performed by monitoring the concentration of a tracer dye by means of a LED-photodiode system. The proposed layered design gives similar results in terms of mixing and RTD as the standard SHM and it outperforms the behaviour of a rectangular channel. |
Description: | This paper was presented at the 2nd Micro and Nano Flows Conference (MNF2009), which was held at Brunel University, West London, UK. The conference was organised by Brunel University and supported by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IPEM, the Italian Union of Thermofluid dynamics, the Process Intensification Network, HEXAG - the Heat Exchange Action Group and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6876 |
ISBN: | 978-1-902316-72-7 978-1-902316-73-4 |
Appears in Collections: | Brunel Institute for Bioengineering (BIB) The Brunel Collection |
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