Open AccessEffect of the inlet flow rate ratio on liquid efficiency in a T-shaped micromixer at low Reynolds numbers
Author(s) -
A. Yu. Kravtsova,
M. V. Kashkarova,
P. E. Ianko,
A. V. Bilsky,
Y. V. Kravtsov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1677/1/012138
Subject(s) - micromixer , reynolds number , inlet , dimensionless quantity , mechanics , particle image velocimetry , materials science , mixing (physics) , volumetric flow rate , flow (mathematics) , thermodynamics , physics , turbulence , mechanical engineering , engineering , quantum mechanics
The effect of the ratio of inlet flow rates on the flow structure and efficiency of liquid mixing in a T-shaped micromixer was studied at low Reynolds numbers using the method of particle image velocimetry and laser-induced fluorescence techniques. It was found that under the stationary flow regimes, the maximum efficiency of liquid mixing is 0.86 at Re = 186 and inlet flow ratio ( R ) of 1. The maximum dimensionless value of the longitudinal component of the mean flow velocity (up to 2.0) is achieved for the cases with the smallest and largest inlet flow ratio, that is, at R = 0.03 and R = 1.