We consider flow-through systems in which the characteristic length is limited such that turbulent flow is not reached even at high fluid velocities, i.e., the flow remains laminar. In these flow regimes, inducing circulation or vortices in the flow enhances mixing and heat transfer [1]. These can be created by placing obstacles in the flow path, for example. Figure 1. Geometry of the simulatio...

a numerical study of 3d electrokinetic flows through micromixers was performed. the micromixers considered here consisted of heterogeneous rectangular microchannels with prescribed patterns of zeta-potential at their walls. numerical simulation of electroosmotic flows within heterogeneous channels requires solution of the navier-stokes, ernest-plank and species concentration equations. it is kn...

A comprehensive measurement program was conducted during 16 days of a 3 week long ice pack drift, from 15 August to 1 September 2008 in the central Amundsen Basin, Arctic Ocean. The data, sampled as part of the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS), included upper ocean stratification, mixing and heat transfer as well as transmittance solar radiation through the ice. The observations give ins...

Knowledge and control of mixing in batch processes can prevent yield losses during scale-up. Therefore, this study, a new heat-mixing model based ono the measurement heat distribution after an applied pulse, is proposed. The was developed to predict mesomixing support scale-up, scale-down, design optimisation reactors. proposed considers influences rotational speed, stirrer type, solvent, stirr...

Thermal energy storage is an essential component of solar heating systems. A numerical analysis of thermal stratification in hot water storage tanks suitable for solar water heating applications is presented in this paper. Transient, axi-symmetric, turbulent natural convection in fully and partially charged storage tanks for varying Rayleigh Number in the range of 10 to 10 is studied. Mix Numbe...