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Numerical Investigation of the Mixing Performance of a Novel Hepatic Sinusoids-Based Micromixer

Mahmoud A. Shouman 1, Ahmed H. El-shazly 2, Marwa F. Elkady 3, and Mohamed Nabil Sabry 4
1. Chemical and Petrochemicals Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt
Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt
2. Chemical and Petrochemicals Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt
Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt
3. Chemical and Petrochemicals Engineering Department, Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology, Egypt
Fabrication Technology Department, Advanced Technology and New Materials and Research Institute (ATNMRI), The City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications, Alexandria, Egypt
4. Mechanical Power Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Mansoura University, Egypt

Abstract— Recently, microreactor technology has been considered for carrying out reactions in different fields of application. A microreactor can be divided into three main parts; micromixer, reactor, and separator. The micromixer is the most important part of a microreactor as the reaction performance is highly dependent on the mixing performance. In this paper, an innovative hepatic sinusoids-based (HS) micromixer is introduced and numerically investigated for mixing performance. A 3-dimensional model is constructed to conduct the study. The mixing performance is described by both the mixing quality and the pressure drop across the micromixer. The study is conducted for low Re numbers ranges from 0.1 to 50, where the flow is considered stratified. Results show that the use of the developed micromixer enhanced the mixing performance over the studied range of Reynold numbers compared with regular micromixer. 

Index Terms— passive micromixer, hepatic sinusoids, mixing performance

Cite: Mahmoud A. Shouman, Ahmed H. El-shazly, Marwa F. Elkady,  and Mohamed Nabil Sabry, "Numerical Investigation of the Mixing Performance of a Novel Hepatic Sinusoids-Based Micromixer" International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, Vol. 9, No. 3, pp. 371-377, March 2020. DOI: 10.18178/ijmerr.9.3.371-377

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