Angle resolved 2-D PIV measurements were performed to characterise the flow and turbulence as well as indicate potential droplet break up mechanisms in an in-line Silverson 150/250 high shear mixer, using water as the working fluid in the turbulent regime (120,000 < Re < 420,000). Distributions of Reynolds stresses, turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), and energy dissipation rates (ε) were examined. The regions of interest (ROI) were: A – jet emanating from a stator hole and B – the rotor swept volume. The complex flow pattern can cause droplet break up under either laminar or turbulent conditions depending on the characteristic length and velocity in the ROI; break up due to turbulence in the inertial regime was identified as the dominant mechanism in this study. Evaluated energy dissipation rates obtained assuming either a fully resolved velocity field (DE) or using the Smagorinsky closure model (SGS) were found to depend on rotor speed e.g. ε∝Nb with b exponents of 1.59–1.90 (DE) and 2.42–2.84 (SGS), which are comparable to existing literature values. The influence on ε of the rotor speed, external pump flow rate and induced backpressure on the mixer outlet, were also investigated. Analysis revealed that the intensity and propensity of ε is dictated by the dominant flow in the mixing head e.g. radial flow at high pump flow rates, prominent in ROI A or tangential flow at high rotor speeds and when backpressure is induced, prominent in ROI B.
Espinoza C.J.U., Alberini F., Mihailova O., Kowalski A.J., Simmons M.J.H. (2020). Flow, turbulence and potential droplet break up mechanisms in an in-line Silverson 150/250 high shear mixer. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE. X, 6, 1-22 [10.1016/j.cesx.2020.100055].
Flow, turbulence and potential droplet break up mechanisms in an in-line Silverson 150/250 high shear mixer
Alberini F.
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2020
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Angle resolved 2-D PIV measurements were performed to characterise the flow and turbulence as well as indicate potential droplet break up mechanisms in an in-line Silverson 150/250 high shear mixer, using water as the working fluid in the turbulent regime (120,000 < Re < 420,000). Distributions of Reynolds stresses, turbulent kinetic energy (TKE), and energy dissipation rates (ε) were examined. The regions of interest (ROI) were: A – jet emanating from a stator hole and B – the rotor swept volume. The complex flow pattern can cause droplet break up under either laminar or turbulent conditions depending on the characteristic length and velocity in the ROI; break up due to turbulence in the inertial regime was identified as the dominant mechanism in this study. Evaluated energy dissipation rates obtained assuming either a fully resolved velocity field (DE) or using the Smagorinsky closure model (SGS) were found to depend on rotor speed e.g. ε∝Nb with b exponents of 1.59–1.90 (DE) and 2.42–2.84 (SGS), which are comparable to existing literature values. The influence on ε of the rotor speed, external pump flow rate and induced backpressure on the mixer outlet, were also investigated. Analysis revealed that the intensity and propensity of ε is dictated by the dominant flow in the mixing head e.g. radial flow at high pump flow rates, prominent in ROI A or tangential flow at high rotor speeds and when backpressure is induced, prominent in ROI B.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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