Journal
MICROMACHINES
Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 913-928Publisher
MDPI AG
DOI: 10.3390/mi5040913
Keywords
Rhombic micromixer; Split-recombine micromixer; mixing index; Navier-Stokes equations
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- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - government (MSIP) [20090083510]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2009-0083510, 21A20131712486] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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A micromixer with unbalanced three-split rhombic sub-channels was proposed, and analyses of the mixing and flow characteristics of this micromixer were performed in this work. Three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations in combination with an advection-diffusion model with two working fluids (water and ethanol) were solved for the analysis. The mixing index and pressure drop were evaluated and compared to those of a two-split micromixer for a range of Reynolds numbers from 0.1-120. The results indicate that the proposed three-split micromixer is efficient in mixing for a range of Reynolds numbers from 30-80. A parametric study was performed to determine the effects of the rhombic angle and sub-channel width ratio on mixing and pressure drop. Except at the lowest Reynolds number, a rhombic angle of 90 degrees gave the best mixing performance. The three-split micromixer with minimum minor sub-channel widths provided the best mixing performance.
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