A review on the potential applications of curved geometries in process industry

S Vashisth, V Kumar, KDP Nigam - Industrial & Engineering …, 2008 - ACS Publications
The potential industrial applications of curved tubes for single-and two-phase flow are
reviewed within the context of physics of flow, trends in the development of technology, and …

Fluid mixing in planar spiral microchannels

AP Sudarsan, VM Ugaz - Lab on a Chip, 2006 - pubs.rsc.org
Mixing of fluids at the microscale poses a variety of challenges, many of which arise from the
fact that molecular diffusion is the dominant transport mechanism in the laminar flow regime …

Multivortex micromixing

AP Sudarsan, VM Ugaz - Proceedings of the National …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
The ability to mix liquids in microchannel networks is fundamentally important in the design
of nearly every miniaturized chemical and biochemical analysis system. Here, we show that …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal self-assembly of lipid nanoparticles (LNP) in a ring micromixer

M Ripoll, E Martin, M Enot, O Robbe, C Rapisarda… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for RNA and DNA delivery have attracted considerable attention
for their ability to treat a broad range of diseases and to vectorize mRNA for COVID …

Liquid–liquid extraction system with microstructured coiled flow inverter and other capillary setups for single-stage extraction applications

SK Kurt, IV Gürsel, V Hessel, KDP Nigam… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
Process intensification via miniaturization has become an attractive research field for
industry and R&D especially for the production of fine chemicals and pharmaceuticals due to …

Material encapsulation and transport in core–shell micro/nanofibers, polymer and carbon nanotubes and micro/nanochannels

AL Yarin, E Zussman, JH Wendorff… - Journal of Materials …, 2007 - pubs.rsc.org
In this article, we review recent work on the co-electrospinning of polymer core–shell
nanofibers and the manufacture of hollow nanotubes. The encapsulation and release of …

A novel contactor for reducing the cost of direct air capture of CO2

E Tegeler, Y Cui, M Masoudi, AM Bahmanpour… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Carbon dioxide removal from air, also known as Direct Air Capture (DAC), is gaining more
attention due to the importance of negative emissions and their impact on reversing climate …

Size-selective separation of micro beads by utilizing secondary flow in a curved rectangular microchannel

DH Yoon, JB Ha, YK Bahk, T Arakawa, S Shoji, JS Go - Lab on a Chip, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper presents a microscale benefit of a secondary flow obtained in a curved
rectangular microchannel, which is generally unfavorable and negligible in conventional …

Numerical investigation on the mixing performance of H2 and air in curved micro-channel combustors

Z Liu, W Liu, A Fan - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Curved micro-channels are frequently used in micro-Swiss roll combustors and other
applications. The secondary flows (ie, Dean vortices) play an important role in both the …

Prediction of flow profiles and interfacial phenomena for two-phase flow in coiled tubes

S Vashisth, KDP Nigam - Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process …, 2009 - Elsevier
The objective of the present study is to investigate the local variables and interfacial
phenomena for two-phase flow in coiled tube. We believe that such information is not …