A review of the methods of modeling multi-phase flows within different microchannels shapes and their applications

A Abidi, A Ahmadi, M Enayati, SM Sajadi, H Yarmand… - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
In industrial processes, the microtechnology concept refers to the operation of small devices
that integrate the elements of operational and reaction units to save energy and space. The …

Numerical study of mixing in wavy micromixers: comparison between raccoon and serpentine mixer

B Mondal, SK Mehta, PK Patowari, S Pati - Chemical Engineering and …, 2019 - Elsevier
We numerically analyze the mixing and pressure drop characteristics for flow through wavy
micromixer of two geometrical configurations, namely raccoon and serpentine for different …

Numerical study of the vortex‐induced electroosmotic mixing of non‐Newtonian biofluids in a nonuniformly charged wavy microchannel: Effect of finite ion size

SK Mehta, S Pati, PK Mondal - Electrophoresis, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a micromixer for obtaining better efficiency of vortex induced electroosmotic
mixing of non‐Newtonian bio‐fluids at a relatively higher flow rate, which finds relevance in …

Numerical investigation of mixing performance in spiral micromixers based on Dean flows and chaotic advection

E Tripathi, PK Patowari, S Pati - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we propose three innovative spiral micromixers viz., a simple spiral (SS)
micromixer, SE micromixer designed by modifying the center part of the spiral one with …

Comparative assessment of mixing characteristics and pressure drop in spiral and serpentine micromixers

E Tripathi, PK Patowari, S Pati - Chemical Engineering and Processing …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, numerical simulations are carried out to analyze the mixing performance and
pressure drop of water and ethyl alcohol in a spiral micromixer for Reynolds number in the …

Numerical and experimental study of passive fluids mixing in micro-channels of different configurations

SS Das, SD Tilekar, SS Wangikar… - Microsystem Technologies, 2017 - Springer
This paper represents a numerical and experimental investigation of fluids mixing in straight
and serpentine micro-channels. These microchannels are fabricated with the help of soft …

Machine learning-aided design optimization of a mechanical micromixer

FJ Granados-Ortiz, J Ortega-Casanova - Physics of Fluids, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In real-life mechanical engineering applications, it is often complex to achieve an optimal
multi-objective design, because of the costs related to fabrication and test of different …

Evaluation of the mixing performance in a planar passive micromixer with circular and square mixing chambers

RR Gidde, PM Pawar, BP Ronge, ND Misal… - Microsystem …, 2018 - Springer
In this paper, passive planar micromixers based on circular and square mixing chambers
spaced at equidistant along the length of micromixer are proposed to operate in the laminar …

Numerical study of mixing performance in T-junction passive micromixer with twisted design

A Najafpour, K Hosseinzadeh, S Akbari… - … and Processing-Process …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, numerical computations are performed with the main purpose of shedding light
on the mixing characteristics in an innovative T-shaped micromixer equipped with a twisted …

A review on microchannel fabrication methods and applications in large-scale and prospective industries

MJ Afzal, S Tayyaba, MW Ashraf, MI Khan, F Javaid… - 2022 - catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Microchannels based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) have received a lot of
interest in the microfluidics and biomedical fields over the past forty years. While their …