An efficient passive planar micromixer with fin-shaped baffles in the tee channel for wide Reynolds number flow range

Cortes Quiroz, Cesar, Azarbadegan, A. and Moeendarbary, E. (2010) An efficient passive planar micromixer with fin-shaped baffles in the tee channel for wide Reynolds number flow range. World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology, 61 (37): 24. pp. 170-175. ISSN 2070-3724
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A new design of a planar passive T-micromixer with fin-shaped baffles in the mixing channel is presented. The mixing efficiency and the level of pressure loss in the channel have been investigated by numerical simulations in the range of Reynolds number (Re) 1 to 50. A Mixing index (Mi) has been defined to quantify the mixing efficiency, which results over 85% at both ends of the Re range, what demonstrates the micromixer can enhance mixing using the mechanisms of diffusion (lower Re) and convection (higher Re). Three geometric dimensions: radius of baffle, baffles pitch and height of the channel define the design parameters, and the mixing index and pressure loss are the performance parameters used to optimize the micromixer geometry with a multi-criteria optimization method. The Pareto front of designs with the optimum trade-offs, maximum mixing index with minimum pressure loss, is obtained. Experiments for qualitative and quantitative validation have been implemented.

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