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Development of a New Micromixer ``Elis{''} for Fluid Mixing and Organic Reactions in Millidevices

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Author(s):
Santana, Harrson S. [1] ; Silva Jr, Joao L. ; da Silva, Adriano G. P. [1] ; Rodrigues, Alan C. [1] ; Amaral, Rodrigo de Lima [2] ; Noriler, Dirceu [1] ; Taranto, Osvaldir P. [1]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Sch Chem Engn, BR-13083852 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Polytech Sch, Dept Mech Engn, BR-05508030 Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research; v. 60, n. 25, p. 9216-9230, JUN 30 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

An efficient fluid mixing performance was achieved at the micro- and milliscale by a new design ``Elis{''} in a wide range of Reynolds numbers. The micromixer is composed of internal walls and circular obstacles inducing three mass-transfer mechanisms: reduction of the diffusion path; change of the flow direction/vortex generation, and split and recombination of streams. The design was proposed and optimized by numerical simulations, allowing its application as micro- or millidevices. The device performance was numerically assessed by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in the mixing process of two systems (vegetable oil/ethanol, and water/ethanol) for a Reynolds number range of 0.01-100 and also in the biodiesel synthesis for a residence time range of 10180 s. High mixing indexes (M = 0.985) were observed for the oil/ethanol system at low Reynolds numbers of 0.01 and 10. The CFD predictions for oil conversion were 91.32% (height of 1000 mu m) and 92.22% (height of 2000 mu m) for a residence time of 30 s. For the water/ethanol system, higher mixing indexes were 0.93 at Re = 1, increasing to a maximum of 0.99 at Re = 50 and 100. The numerical results demonstrated good performance of Elis as a millidevice, providing mixing efficiencies similar or even higher than microdevices from the literature. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 16/20842-4 - Development of a micro-chemical plant for biodiesel production
Grantee:Osvaldir Pereira Taranto
Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants