Design, fabrication, and simulation of Tesla valve-based micromixers

During the last decade, new microfluidic methods for various productions have emerged. Because oftheir adaptability, microfluidic systems have been widely used in a variety of fields, such as drugrelease, cell analysis, separation, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and mixing. Passivemicromixers are more useful, and for this reason, a Tesla valve-based micromixer is designed formore mixing through chaotic advection. The quantity of mixing has been measured and checkedusing the mixing index parameter. The results show that by increasing the volumetric flow rate from۱۰ (ml/h) to ۵۰۰ (ml/h), the mixing index parameters and quality have increased from ۹۶.۳۸۰ to۹۹.۸۰۵. Also, at a fixed volumetric flow rate of ۵۰۰ (ml/h), due to the structure of the micromixer,the mixing efficiency has increased from ۱۶.۸۶۴ to ۹۹.۸۰۵.

کلیدواژه ها:

micromixers ، Mixing Index ، Chaotic advection