Investigation and optimization of microfluidic flow-through chambers for homogeneous reaction space

Geometric optimization of microreactor chambers to increase the homogeneity of the velocity field

“…In the following sections we investigate the new enhanced geometries based on [9,10] to decrease this ratio between the deviation and the average velocity, i.e. to increase the velocity field homogeneity in the MNP suspension.…”

“…Chamber with three inlet and three outlet channels. In our previous work we investigated cylindrical chambers with more than one inlet and one outlet channel [9]. Simulations were created for a chamber with three inlet and three outlet channels, where the angle between the adjacent channels were set in the different cases to α = 30 • , 45 • , 60 • and 75 • .…”

“…A chamber with five inlet and five outlet channels was also simulated. These cases can be found in the appendix or in [9]. From these cases the best candidate was a chamber with three inlet and three outlet channels, where the angle between the adjacent channels was 30 • .…”

“…After this we designed new chamber geometries and compared the homogeneity of their simulated flow field to the original geometry. This design process is presented in detail in our recent work [9,10]. In the following sections we only show the simulations of the original and two new chamber geometries, which have been selected for the measurements.…”

“…In the following sections we only show the simulations of the original and two new chamber geometries, which have been selected for the measurements. Results of simulations with further geometries from [9] can be found in the appendix. After the simulations the measurements are shown with the new chamber geometries.…”