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ArticleMicromachines2023

Topology-Optimized Micromixer Design with Enhanced Reverse Flow to Increase Mixing Efficiency.

Qiang Fu, Zenghao Liu, Shuaiqi Cao, Zhe Wang, Guojun Liu

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Article in Micromachines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Qiang FuCollege of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China.
Zenghao LiuCollege of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China.
Shuaiqi CaoCollege of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China.
Zhe WangCollege of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China.
Guojun LiuCollege of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130025, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8010-1033

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Abstract

In this work, a serpentine mixing unit model based on topology optimization is proposed to enhance the reverse flow in both horizontal and vertical directions. The increase in reverse flow in both directions can enhance the chaotic advection phenomenon, leading to a rapid increase in the mixing index. The proposed mixing unit model is applied in a T-shaped micromixer to create a new micromixer design, named TOD. Numerical simulations of TOD are performed using Comsol Multiphysics software to analyze the characteristics of the liquid flow, mixing surface, and pressure drop. The simulation results confirm that TOD has an outstanding mixing performance. By widening the surface area of contact and enhancing the chaotic advection phenomenon, TOD shows an excellent mixing performance at both a high and low Reynolds number, making it a promising micromixer design. For Re > 5, the mixing indexes of TOD are all beyond 90%.

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computational fluid dynamicsmicromixerreverse flowtopology optimization

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PMID37630135
PMCPMC10456267

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