A 3D-printed mini-hydrocyclone for high throughput particle separation: application to primary harvesting of microalgae

• DOI: 10.1039/c7lc00294g
• Publication Date: 2017-06-02T14:53:24Z
• Authors: Maira Shakeel Syed; Mehdi Rafeie; Rita Henderson; Dries Vandamme; Mohsen Asadnia; Majid Ebrahimi Wa...
• Keywords: Equipment Design; 02 engineering and technology; Microfluidic Analytical Techniques; 7. Clean energy; 6. Clean water; High-Throughput Screening Assays; 13. Climate action; Printing, Three-Dimensional; Microalgae; Computer-Aided Design; Biomass; 0210 nano-technology

3D-printed hydrocyclones are low-cost microdevices which be part of a library of standardized active and passive microfluidic components, suitable for particle–liquid separation.