Mixing Properties of a Microfluidic Device Daniel Kress This project is aimed analyzing the flow in a specific microfluidic mixing device shown below. The goal is to find any properties and correlations that would be useful for analyzing the mixing properties of the fluids flowing through. COMSOL Multiphysics was used to assist in modeling the device in order to analyze this device and possibly propose ways to simplify the model into more easily solvable systems.
To solve this problem a steady state incompressible Navier-Stokes Equation for momentum balance and a steady state convection and diffusion analysis will have to be applied to describe the flow and mixing characteristics of the system. Using a non-dimensional analysis will assist in simplifying the problem and allow trends based on non-dimensional quantities to be found. |
