CHEN Xue-ye, LI Tie-chuan,. Micro-channel shapes and obstacle layout in passive micromixers[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2015,23(10z): 403-409
CHEN Xue-ye, LI Tie-chuan,. Micro-channel shapes and obstacle layout in passive micromixers[J]. Editorial Office of Optics and Precision Engineering, 2015,23(10z): 403-409 DOI: 10.3788/OPE.20152313.0403.
Micro-channel shapes and obstacle layout in passive micromixers
This paper focuses on optimizing the micro-channel shapes and obstacle layouts in the micro-channel to enhance the mixing effect of a passive micromixers. Experiments show that changing the channel shape and setting obstacles can enhance chaotic convection in the passive mixer
and they are simple methods to improve the sample mixing efficiency. Six kinds of channel shapes and two kinds of obstacle layouts have completed and simulated. The mixing efficiency in sequence is:the square-wave
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the multi-wave
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the zigzag
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the T-shape
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the mouth shape
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the loop. Finally
the obstacle layout in the best microchannel-the square-wave microchannel is compared and its effect on the mixing effeciency of the mixer is studied. So the asymmetry layout of obstacles has been obtained
which can be applied to the fluid mixing at
Pe
less than 750. Simulation results show that optimized design of the channel shape and obstacle layout can improve effectively sample mixing efficiency in the passive micromixer. It is verified that the optimization of the structure is an effective design of microfluidic devices.
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