Optimal Design of the Micromixer using Nonhomogeneous Multilayer Laminar Flow

  • Masaki Kanai
  • Daisuke Uchida
  • Satoshi Sugiura
  • Hironobu Sato
  • Yoshikazu Mori
  • Katsumasa Sakamoto
  • Hiroaki Nakanishi
  • Shuichi Shoji
Conference paper

Abstract

An efficient micromixer using nonhomogeneous multilayer in the laminar flow regime is described. In order to increase the mixing efficiency, the CFD simulation was used to optimize the width of the multilayers. It is estimated that the reagents mixing is proceeded more than 10 times faster compared to previous multilayer micromixers. The optimized micromixer was fabricated, and its mixing efficiency was evaluated.

keywords

micromixer multilayer laminar flow diffusion mixing CFD simulation 
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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2002

Authors and Affiliations

  • Masaki Kanai
    • 1
    • 2
  • Daisuke Uchida
    • 1
  • Satoshi Sugiura
    • 1
  • Hironobu Sato
    • 1
  • Yoshikazu Mori
    • 3
  • Katsumasa Sakamoto
    • 2
  • Hiroaki Nakanishi
    • 2
    • 3
  • Shuichi Shoji
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Electronics, Information & Communication EngineeringWaseda UniversityJapan
  2. 2.Research Technology LaboratoryShimadzu CorporationJapan
  3. 3.Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)Japan

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