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Flow Mixing of Double Two-Inlet Y-Type Micro Channel with Optimal Layout of Obstacles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2011

C.-T. Wang  and
Y.-M. Chen
C.-T. Wang*
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National I Lan University, I-Lan, Taiwan 26047, R.O.C.
Y.-M. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National I Lan University, I-Lan, Taiwan 26047, R.O.C.
*
*Associate Professor, corresponding author
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Abstract

In this study a double two-inlet Y-type microchannel with two up-down symmetrical obstacles was applied. This was done because the positions of the obstacles in the flow channel, arranged in an up- down symmetrical fashion, could provide a higher mixing efficiency. As for the optimal layout of obstacles inthe microchannel, the positions of the two up-down symmetrical obstacles were set as the location of obstacle A/D = 0.198, the length of obstacle K/D = 0.453, the horizontal spacing between the two obstacles T/D = 0, and the flow channel width between the two obstacles Y/D = 0.080, This was because it could generate theflow mixing efficiency with 0.984 and at a lower Reynolds number, Re 4.7. These observations willcontribute to the improvement of a Y-type micromixer design.

Keywords

Y-type micromixerObstacleMixing efficiency
Type
Technical Note
Information
Journal of Mechanics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , June 2011 , pp. N1 - N4
Copyright
Copyright © The Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, R.O.C. 2011

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