ABSTRACT

The field of microfluidics delivers a substantial opportunity to produce devices proficient in beating traditional chemical research and biomedical techniques. Microfluidic technology has quickly evolved in the past decade because of its requirement, and the usage of this technique has augmented drastically in a few years. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) delivers an effective scheme to recognize the numerous effects on fluid flows without conducting complicated experiments. This chapter delivers an outline of CFD used to an extensive variety of processes in wastewater treatment (WWT), from hydraulic elements, such as flow splitting to biological, chemical, and physical exercises, such as anaerobic digestion, nutrient elimination, and suspended growth. Microfluidics is the study of science and technology, which process (10-9 to 10-8 liters) quantities of fluids via channels with the dimension of ten to hundreds of micrometers. Microfluidics allows significant benefits to be found from microscale than macroscopic approaches. Microfluidics is widely explored as an exclusive platform to produce nanoparticles with anticipated properties, i.e., morphology and size. The World Health Organization lays the assessment of water quality as a worldwide importance, together with clean water for drinking, clean sanitization, and decent water supervision for human well-being.