title: The axial rearrangement mixer: working principles and in-depth investigation.
abstract: In the current paper, an axial rearrangement mixer is studied. The mixer aims to flatten out occasional composition fluctuations originating from the pump. In a first phase, dispersion in a single mixer channel is investigated using pulses introduced by a dedicated injection pulse generator. The mixing in the single channel is studied for different flow rates and a model is presented based on the experimental data. Next, the resulting signal for the whole mixer is studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goovaerts
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Vandermeersch
authors.forename: Jeff Op
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: De Beeck
authors.forename: Hamed
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eghbali
authors.forename: Gert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Desmet
mesh_terms: D004058:Diffusion; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012212:Rheology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
keywords: Diffusion; Flow rearrangement; Mixing