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A micromixer for the studying of high-speed chemical reactions is presented. The mixer comprises a circular vortex chamber with 16 tangential inlets for injecting the liquids to be mixed at velocities high enough to induce a swirling flow field. In this paper a design optimisation study is presented indicating the influence of various geometrical variations on mixing performance together with first experimental data on flow visualization by a fluorescent dye.
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Böhm, S., Greiner, K., Schlautmann, S., de Vries, S., van den Berg, A. (2001). A Rapid Vortex Micromixer for Studying High-Speed Chemical Reactions. In: Ramsey, J.M., van den Berg, A. (eds) Micro Total Analysis Systems 2001. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1015-3_9
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