Abstract
The micromixer geometry presented consists of T-type micromixer with premixing chamber, hexagonal shaped chambers and obstacles. In order to observe influences of obstacle shape, aspect ratio and position, simulations are carried out for two types of obstacle shapes viz. rectangular and triangular for the Reynold number in the range from 0.1 to 75. Flow and mixing dynamics are studied to investigate the effect of geometric modifications for identifying the mixing mechanisms. The effect of obstacle shape, aspect ratio and position is investigated using the performance characteristics viz. mixing index and pressure drop quantitatively. Both the micromixers demonstrate different mixing mechanisms, including transverse flow, vortices and chaotic advection due to split and recombination action. The mixing performance is diffusion dominated below Re < 5 and it is advection dominated beyond Re > 5. At Re ≥ 20, the mixing index observed is 0.80 in all the micromixer design configurations.
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