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Numerical Investigation of Miscible Fluids Interaction in T Micromixer with and Without Obstacles

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Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering (ICRAMERD 2023)

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The present work focuses on analyzing the mixing improvements of micro-mixers in the presence of the obstacles for the interaction of two miscible fluids. In devoid of any external agencies (such as electro-magnetic fields, pulsatile flow), obstruction in the flow field considerably increases the miscibility of the fluids. Hence, the obstacles are integrated in the micro-mixers for better mixing. In this work, we analyse the role of the obstacle shape in the T shaped micro-mixer. The broadly used shapes like semi-circular, square, triangular and inclined obstacles are considered for the study. The contour plots of volume fractions and the detailed comparison are provided for mixing trends of different obstacles, which provides a clear direction for the best choice.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, 751024, India

    Kaushik Mahanta, Jitendra Kumar Patel, Jitendra Kumar Patel, Prakash Ghose, Swarup Kumar Nayak & Basanta Kumar Rana

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technical Education and Research, Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Seshadev Sahoo

  2. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Rourkela, Odisha, India

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Mahanta, K., Patel, J.K., Ghose, P., Nayak, S.K., Rana, B.K. (2024). Numerical Investigation of Miscible Fluids Interaction in T Micromixer with and Without Obstacles. In: Sahoo, S., Yedla, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering. ICRAMERD 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1080-5_18

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