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Centrifugal Micromixery
Author(s) -
Haeberle S.,
Brenner T.,
Schlosser H.P.,
Zengerle R.,
Ducrée J.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.200407138
Subject(s) - micromixer , micromixing , modular design , microchannel , centrifugal force , mixing (physics) , mechanics , fabrication , microfluidics , mechanical engineering , computational fluid dynamics , materials science , flow (mathematics) , engineering , physics , computer science , nanotechnology , quantum mechanics , operating system , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
We present a modular centrifugal micromixer comprising a mixing unit hosting a planar network of low‐aspect‐ratio microfluidic channels (“disk”), a fixed rotating drive (“player”) and contact‐free dispensers for the continuous feed of educts. The modular setup allows a simple fabrication and a child's play exchange of the mixing unit. High‐speed micromixing is powered by the Coriolis force at volume throughputs of up to milliliters per minute and microchannel! These outstanding characteristics are demonstrated by experiments and accompanying CFD‐simulations.