Characterization of mixing in an optimized designed T–T mixer with cylindrical elements

作     者：T.Manoj Dundi V.R.K.Raju V.P.Chandramohan 

作者机构：Mechanical Engineering DepartmentNational Institute of TechnologyWarangalTelangana StateIndia 

出 版 物：《Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering》 (中国化学工程学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第27卷第10期

页      面：2337-2351页

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学科分类：080706[工学-化工过程机械] 08[工学] 0807[工学-动力工程及工程热物理] 

主　　题：CFD-simulation Cylindrical elements Micromixers Mixing quality Obstructions T–T-mixer 

摘      要：Passive micromixers are preferred over active mixers for many microfluidic applications due to their relative ease in integration into complex systems and operational *** also incur very low cost of ***,the degree of mixing is comparatively low in passive mixers than active mixers due to the absence of disturbance in the flow by external forces and the inherent laminar nature of microchannel *** designs of complex channel structures and three-dimensional geometries have been investigated in the past to obtain an efficient mixing in passive *** the studies on mixing enhancement with simple planar geometries of passive mixers have been few and *** present work aims to investigate the possibility of mixing enhancement by employing simple planar type designs,such as T-mixer and T–T mixer with cylindrical elements placed in the mixing *** mixing performance has been evaluated in the Reynolds number range of 6 *** results have shown that T–T mixer with cylindrical elements performed significantly well and obtained very good mixing quality over basic T-mixer for the entire range of Reynolds number(6 to 700).The device has also shown better mixing as compared to basic T–T mixer and T-mixer with cylindrical elements.A larger pair of vortices formed in the stagnation area due to the presence of a cylindrical element in the *** elements downstream caused significant enhancement in mixing due to splitting and recombining *** size of the cylindrical element in the T–T mixer has been optimized to obtain better mixing performance of the *** improvement in mixing quality by T–T mixer with cylindrical elements has been obtained at the expense of small rise in pressure drop as compared to other passive designs considered in this ***,the current design of T–T mixer with cylindrical elements can act as an effective and simple passive mixing device for various mi