New Orbital Shaker

Orbital shaking is used in numerous applications, such as bioengineering and food processing. It ensures efficient mixing and gas exchange with the help of a rotating wave. The latter is obtained by displacing the container on a circular trajectory by maintaining a fixed orientation. We propose a new way to generate a similar wave within a container using a much simpler and more economical method. Our preliminary tests revealed that this is possible for limited test conditions. We plan to extend these conditions to better understand the underlying physics, optimize the new method and determine the scale-up rules.

  • Field: Bioengineering , Fluid mechanics
  • Laboratory: Cavitation Research Group (SCI-STI-MF)
  • Project leader: Mohamed Farhat
  • Budget: 32’400.00 CHF