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    Development of micromixer for efficient mixing of blood and insulin in human arteries
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2023) Bagde, P.; Nayak, N.; Arumuga Perumal, D.
    In the present work, the computational analysis of passive micromixer with embedded obstacles is studied in detail. It also focuses on Y shaped microchannel with internal embedded obstacles. Different types of Y shaped microchannels are designed by altering the cross section, mixing length and number of obstacles. For simplicity, same velocities at both blood and insulin inlets are assumed. Microchannels are designed in CATIA V5 software and simulations were performed using ANSYS CFX 19.0 solver for steady state condition. Identification of geometric variables correlation with flow field variables is considered for better mixing design. Simulation results are compared with the help of calculating volume fraction at each section and average volume fraction at outlet with each other. It is found that, microchannel having rectangular cross section with circular and rectangular obstacles with reduced length for insulin inlet is giving highest average volume fraction at outlet. Also, one with elliptical cross section is able to give uniform average volume fraction at outlet. By observing mixing profile, it is seen that there is significant increase in mixing behaviour by introducing embedded obstacles as compared to without using it. © 2022
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    Three-dimensional multihelical microfluidic mixers for rapid mixing of liquids
    (2008) Verma, M.K.S.; Ganneboyina, S.R.; Vinayak Rakshith, R.; Ghatak, A.
    Rapid mixing of liquids is important for most microfluidic applications. However, mixing is slow in conventional micromixers, because, in the absence of turbulence, mixing here occurs by molecular diffusion. Recent experiments show that mixing can be enhanced by generating transient flow resulting in chaotic advection. While these are planar microchannels, here we show that three-dimensional orientations of fluidic vessels and channels can enhance significantly mixing of liquids. In particular, we present a novel, multihelical microchannel system built in soft gels, for which die helix angle, helix radius, axial length, and even the asymmetry of the channel cross section are easily tailored to achieve the desired mixing. Mixing efficiency increases with helix angle and asymmetry of channel cross section, which leads to orders of magnitude reduction in mixing length over conventional mixers. This new scheme of generating 3D microchannels will help in miniaturization of devices, process intensification, and generation of multifunctional process units for microfluidic applications. © 2008 American Chemical Society.
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    Solid suspension and liquid phase mixing in solid-liquid stirred tanks
    (2009) Sardeshpande, M.V.; Sagi, A.R.; Juvekar, V.A.; Ranade, V.V.
    Stirred tanks are widely used in chemical process industries for catalytic reactions, dissolution of solids, crystallization, and so on. In designing and optimizing such processes, suspension quality of slurry is an important parameter. Suspension quality depends upon complex interactions of impeller generated flow, turbulence, and solid loading. Most of the earlier work on solid suspension focuses on identifying critical impeller speed for just suspension of solids (Njs). In this study, apart from Njs, aspects like cloud height and liquid phase mixing in solid-liquid suspensions were also studied. A new way of characterizing solid-liquid suspensions and liquid phase mixing using nonintrusive wall pressure fluctuation measurements has been developed. Systematic experimental data on Njs, cloud height, power consumption, mixing time, and circulation time over a range of solid volume fraction and impeller speeds have been presented here. The results and discussion presented here will have useful implications for designing solid-liquid stirred tanks. © 2009 American Chemical Society.
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    Mixing and solid-liquid mass transfer characteristics in a three phase pulsed plate column with packed bed of solids in interplate spaces-a novel aerobic immobilized cell bioreactor
    (2011) Shetty K, V.S.; Srinikethan, G.
    Background: The pulsed plate column (PPC) with packed bed of solids in the interplate spaces finds use as a three phase aerobic bioreactor and is a potential heterogeneous catalytic reactor. Good knowledge of the extent of mixing in the liquid phase and solid-liquid mass transfer coefficient are essential for modeling, design and optimization of these columns. The present work aims at the study of liquid phase mixing and solid-liquid mass transfer characteristics in a three phase PPC. Results: Residence time distribution studies were performed. Dispersion number was found to increase with increase in liquid superficial velocities, frequency of pulsation, amplitude of pulsation and the vibrational velocities. Increase in frequency and amplitude of pulsation, and hence increase in vibrational velocity, resulted in increase of the solid-liquid mass transfer coefficient. Conclusions: The mixing behaviour in this contactor approximated a mixed flow behaviour. The three phase PPC was found to outperform many other kinds of three phase contactors in terms of solid liquid mass transfer characteristics. Empirical correlations developed can be used for the determination of solid-liquid mass transfer coefficients for three phase PPC and hence can facilitate the design, scale-up and modeling of these columns, when used as chemical or biochemical reactors. © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry.
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    Condensation of malononitrile with salicylaldehydes and o-aminobenzaldehydes revisited: Solvent and catalyst free synthesis of 4H-chromenes and quinolines
    (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2012) Bhat, S.I.; Choudhury, A.R.; Trivedi, D.R.
    The reaction of malononitrile with salicylaldehyde under solvent and catalyst free conditions was re-investigated using mechanochemical mixing, thermal heating and a direct crystallization process. The resulting condensation product by all three types of molecular activation, was found to be (2-amino-3-cyano-4H-chromene-4-yl)malononitrile, which is not the previously reported benzofuran-2-carbonitrile. The structure of the resulting chromene derivative was confirmed by FT-IR, MS, 1H, 13C NMR and single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction. The reaction pathway under neat conditions (mechanochemical mixing) at ambient temperature was monitored by IR spectral measurements. The versatility of the current green protocol was examined through the reaction of eleven derivatives of o-hydroxybenzaldehyde with malononitrile to obtain 2-amino-3-cyano-4H-chromene derivatives. In addition, malononitrile was further reacted with o-aminobenzaldehydes under neat conditions to yield quinoline derivatives. © 2012 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
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    Effect of particle surface treatment and blending method on flexural properties of injection-molded cenosphere/HDPE syntactic foams
    (Springer New York LLC barbara.b.bertram@gsk.com, 2016) Bharath Kumar, B.R.; Doddamani, M.R.; Zeltmann, S.E.; Gupta, N.; Uzma; Gurupadu, S.; Sailaja, R.R.N.
    The present work on cenosphere/high-density polyethylene (HDPE) syntactic foams aims at understanding the effect of surface treatment of cenospheres and functionalization of HDPE on flexural properties. Cenospheres are treated with silane, and HDPE is functionalized with 10 % dibutyl maleate. Effects of mechanical and Brabender mixing methods are also studied. Flexural test specimens are cast with 20, 40, and 60 wt% of cenospheres using injection molding. The flexural modulus and strength are found to increase with increasing cenosphere content. Particle breakage increases with the cenosphere content, and the measured properties show increased dependence on processing method. Brabender mixing resulted in 70 and 41 % higher modulus and strength for 60 wt% cenospheres than HDPE. Modulus of syntactic foams is predicted by two theoretical models. Bardella–Genna model provides close estimates for syntactic foams having 20 and 40 wt% cenospheres, while predictions are higher for higher cenosphere content, likely due to particle breakage during processing. The uncertainty in the properties of cenospheres due to defects contributes to the variation in the predicted values. © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
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    Effect of cenosphere surface treatment and blending method on the tensile properties of thermoplastic matrix syntactic foams
    (John Wiley and Sons Inc. P.O.Box 18667 Newark NJ 07191-8667, 2016) Bharath Kumar, B.R.; Zeltmann, S.E.; Doddamani, M.R.; Gupta, N.; Uzma; Gurupadu, S.; Sailaja, R.R.N.
    The influence of cenosphere surface treatment and blending method on the properties of injection molded high-density polyethylene (HDPE) matrix syntactic foams is investigated. Cenospheres are treated with silane and HDPE is functionalized with dibutyl maleate. Tensile test specimens are cast with 20, 40, and 60 wt % of cenospheres using injection molding. Modulus and strength are found to increase with increasing cenosphere content for composites with treated constituents. Highest modulus and strength were observed for 40 and 60 wt % untreated mechanically mixed and treated brabender mixed cenospheres/HDPE blends, respectively. These values are 37 and 17% higher than those for virgin and functionalized HDPE. Theoretical models are used to assess the effect of particle properties and interfacial bonding on modulus and strength of syntactic foams. Brabender mixing method provided highest ultimate tensile and fracture strengths, which is attributed to the effectiveness of Brabender in breaking particle clusters and generating the higher particle–matrix surface area compared to that by mechanical mixing method. Theoretical trends show clear benefits of improved particle–matrix interfacial bonding in the strength results. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016, 133, 43881. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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    Synthesis and characterisation of TiO2 nanofibre/cellulose acetate nanocomposite ultrafiltration membrane
    (Taylor and Francis Ltd. michael.wagreich@univie.ac.at, 2017) Neelapala, S.D.; Nair, A.K.; JagadeeshBabu, J.
    Nanofibres of TiO2 were synthesised by hydrothermal routine. Cellulose acetate/TiO2 nanofibre composite membranes were synthesised via blending TiO2 nanofibre in cellulose acetate solutions in 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. In order to study the effect of addition of nanofibre, membranes with various composition were synthesised, first by keeping cellulose acetate to 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidone ratio constant and second by decreasing cellulose acetate concentration with increasing addition of TiO2 nanofibre. The membranes were characterised using scanning electron microscope and X-ray diffraction. Hydrophilicity of the membranes was evaluated in terms of contact angle measurements and water uptake study. Permeation characteristics were determined in terms of pure water flux and bovine serum albumin rejection. Antifouling property was studied in terms of flux recovery after rejection. Remarkable improvement in membrane flux and antifouling properties is achieved by the addition of TiO2 nanofibres. © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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    Influence of mixing method, speed and duration on the fresh and hardened properties of Reactive Powder Concrete
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2017) Hiremath, P.N.; Yaragal, S.C.
    Production methodology of Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) is not clearly established yet, as several parameters have a varied influence on the resulting fresh and hardened properties of RPC. Even for the same composition, the fresh and hardened properties differ significantly by changing mixing method, mixing speed and mixing time/duration. The present investigation is an attempt to study the effect of mixing method, speed and duration, on the fresh and hardened properties of RPC. The study also deals with the microstructure investigation of RPC mixes. Results indicate that improved mixing techniques prove beneficial in enhancing fresh and hardened properties of RPC. Mixing speed and duration also have significant effect on the fresh and hardened properties of RPC. Higher mixing speed and longer mixing duration decreases flow and strength characteristics of RPC. Microstructure analysis reveals that higher mixing speed and longer mixing duration increases percentage of pores in RPC, leading to reduced fresh and hardened properties. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd