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마이크로 광 조형기술을 이용한 3차원의 배리어가 포함된 케닉스 마이크로 믹서의 개발

Development of a Three-Dimensional Barrier Embedded Kenics Micromixer by Means of a Micro-Stereolithography Technology

  • 이인환 (충북대학교 공과대학 기계공학부) ;
  • 권태헌 (포항공과대학교 기계공학과, 포항공과대학교 초소형기계기술연구소) ;
  • 조동우 (포항공과대학교 기계공학과, 포항공과대학교 초소형기계기술연구소) ;
  • 김동성 (포항공과대학교 기계공학과)
  • 발행 : 2005.06.01

초록

The flow in a microchannel is usually characterized as a low Reynolds number (Re) so that good mixing is quite difficult to be achieved. In this regard, we developed a novel chaotic micromixer, named Barrier Embedded Kenics Micromixer (BEKM). In the BEKM, the higher level of chaotic mixing can be achieved by combining two general chaotic mixing mechanisms: (i) splitting/reorientation by helical elements inside the microchannel and (ii) stretching/folding via periodically located barriers on the channel wall. The fully three-dimensional geometry of BEKM was realized by a micro-stereolithography technology, in this study, along with a Kenics micromixer and a circular T-pipe. Mixing performances of three micromixers were experimentally characterized in terms of an average mixing color intensity of phenolphthalein. Experimental results show that BEKM has better mixing performance than other two micromixers. Chaotic mixing mechanism, proposed in this study, could be integrated as a mixing component with Micro-Total-Analysis-System, Lab-on-a-chip and so on.

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