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Control of Flow Field, Mass Transfer and Mixing Enhancement in T-Shaped Microchannels

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 September 2016

Y. Bazargan-Lari ,
S. Movahed  and
M. Mashhoodi
Y. Bazargan-Lari*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical EngineeringShiraz BranchIslamic Azad UniversityShiraz, Iran
S. Movahed
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical EngineeringAmirkabir University of TechnologyTehran, Iran
M. Mashhoodi
Affiliation:
Young Researchers and Elites ClubScience and Research branchIslamic Azad UniversityTehran, Iran
*
*Corresponding author (bazarganlari@iaushiraz.ac.ir)
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Abstract

A T-shaped microfluidic micro-mixer was designed to mix desired concentrations of two fluid streams and to prepare their homogenous mixture solution. A hydrostatic pressure gradient was induced in one of the branches of the system (mixing channel) by applying external electric field and generating electroosmotic flow in the two other branches of the system. The flow field and transferred mass into the mixing channel can be regulated by controlling the applied voltage of the system. In order to prepare more homogenous mixture solution, some obstacles were added to the mixing channel to induce perturbation in the flow field and enhance the mixing efficiency of the system. Numerical simulations were performed to show the correctness of the proposed mixing strategy and to investigate the influences of the applied voltage on the mixing efficiency and induced pressure flow in the mixing channel. A proposed design can be used as a guideline to control and enhance mixing efficiency, and consequently functionality, of different microfluidic devices.

Keywords

MicrofluidicMixingElectrokineticsElectroosmosis
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Mechanics , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , June 2017 , pp. 387 - 394
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Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics 2017 

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