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Tesla Valves in Micromixers

  • Chin-Tsan Wang EMAIL logo , Yan-Ming Chen , Pei-An Hong and Yi-Ta Wang
Published/Copyright: May 27, 2014
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International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
From the journal International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Volume 12 Issue 1

Abstract

Micromixers are the devices which have the ability to mix liquids uniformly. However, a Tesla valve has the potential for micromixer development because of its simple structure and special flow mechanism. In this study, a numerical simulation analysis of a new Tesla-type micromixer was designed by placing a flow plate into a micromixer, which has a contact angle of 30° with the channel wall. The optimization of the geometric parameter, aspect ratio (AR) and the Reynolds number (Re) effect is discussed. The results show that the optimal geometric parameters of the unit Tesla-type micromixer are θ1 = 45°, θ2 = 30°, A = 0.3 mm, B = 0.22 mm, C = 0.3 mm, D = 0.25 mm, and the mixing efficiency can achieve εmixing = 0.953 by passing three-unit Tesla-type micromixers (inverse-type, Re = 1, AR = 1). The Tesla-type micromixers designed in this study, which have a lower pressure drop and a higher mixing performance at a low Reynolds number, can contribute to the application of biomedical chips and chemical reactors.

Keywords: micromixer; Tesla-type; numerical simulation; optimization; biomedical chip; chemical reactor.

Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the kind funding support from NSC Taiwan under contract #NSC-102-2221-E-197-015- and NSC-102-2623-E-197-001-ET. In addition, the authors would like to thank National Ilan University for financially supporting this research under Contract No. 101TGA-2B.

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Published Online: 2014-5-27
Published in Print: 2014-1-1

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2013-0106
Keywords for this article
micromixer; Tesla-type; numerical simulation; optimization; biomedical chip; chemical reactor.

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Research Articles
  3. Simulation of CO Preferential Oxidation (COPrOx) Monolithic Reactors
  4. Simulation of a New Chemical-Looping Combustion Process without Sulfur Evolution Based on Ca-Based Oxygen Carrier
  5. Syngas Production from Reforming of Methane with CO2 and O2 over LaNi1–xCoxO3 Perovskites
  6. Investigation of the Effect of Outlet Structures on the Jet Flow Characteristics in the Circulating Jet Tank
  7. Transesterification of Sunflower Oil in Microreactors
  8. Influence of the Photoreactor Configuration and of Different Light Sources in the Photocatalytic Treatment of Highly Polluted Wastewater
  9. Stability and Emissions of a Lean Pre-Mixed Combustor with Rich Catalytic/Lean-burn Pilot
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  11. Chemical Equilibrium Model and Prediction for Coal Hydrogasification
  12. Use of Experimental Designs to Establish a Kinetic Law for a Gas Phase Photocatalytic Process
  13. Application of Support Vector Machine Modeling on Phase Distribution in the Riser of an LSCFB Reactor
  14. Characteristics of the Bending Moment Acting on an Overhung Shaft in a Stirred Vessel
  15. Conversion of Glycerol into Value-Added Products Over Cu–Ni Catalyst Supported on γ-Al2O3 and Activated Carbon
  16. Analysis of Equilibrium Shifting by Inter-Stage Reactant Feeding in a Series of Isothermal Reactors
  17. Single and Multi-Channel Reactor for Oxidative Coupling of Methane
  18. Effect of Peak Temperature Limitations on the Design of Processes with Cooled Tubular Reactors
  19. Genetic Optimization of Energy Consumption of Pellet Shaft Furnace Combustor Based on Support Vector Machine (SVM)
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