Optimal Design and Simulation for a Bio-Inspired Micromixer Based on Blood Transport in Vessel

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A novel design concept for micromixer based on blood transport bionic principle has been presented. The bio-inspired micromixer based on blood transport in blood vessel is simulated to obtain a desired mixing efficiency. The flow rate, sample concentration distribution, channel width ratio, and channel arrangement as operating factors were researched to evaluate the mixing performance. The simulation results show the micromixer can give a high performance with the optimized simple structure. The bionic micromixer is proven to be effective for enhancing sample mixing and will have great potential to instruct design of micromixers.

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