Effect of Impeller Spacing on the Flow Field of Yield-Pseudoplastic Fluids Generated by a Coaxial Mixing System Composed of Two Central Impellers and an Anchor

The three-dimensional flow field generated by a coaxial mixer composed of double Scaba impellers and an anchor in the mixing of the xanthan gum solution, a non-Newtonian yield-pseudoplastic fluid was investigated using the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) technique. The mixing time measurements were performed by a non-intrusive flow visualization technique called electrical resistance tomography (ERT). To evaluate the influence of the impeller spacing on the hydrodynamics of the double Scaba-anchor coaxial mixer, the upper impeller submergence was set to 0.140?m while the lower impeller clearance and the spacing between two central impellers were changed within a wide range. The experiments and simulations were conducted for both co-rotating and counter-rotating regimes at different impeller spacing. The analysis of the collected data with respect to the power number, flow number, mixing time, and pumping effectiveness proved that the co-rotating mode had superiority over the counter-rotating regime. Furthermore, the impact of the impeller spacing in the co-rotating mode was assessed with respect to the mixing time, power number, and mixing energy. The results demonstrated that a coaxial mixer with the impeller spacing of almost equal to the central impeller diameter (C₂?=?0.175?m) and the impeller clearance of C₃?=?0.185?m was the most efficient configuration compared to the other cases. Additionally, the influence of the impeller spacing on the flow pattern was assessed in terms of the radial velocity, tangential velocity, axial velocity, shear rate, and apparent viscosity profiles. When the impeller spacing (C₂) was varied, the merging flow and parallel flow patterns were observed.     

静态混合器在十二烷基硫酸铵生产中应用

介绍了连续生产十二烷基硫酸铵的生产工艺,并与间歇法生产的工艺及产品质量指标作了对比,叙述了利用静态混合器生产十二烷基硫酸铵的优越性。     

无序环流混合器的流体力学特性和颗粒混合特性

在内径为Φ286 mm的无序环流混合器装置中,研究了无序环流混合器的流体力学特性和颗粒混合特性。以催化裂化(FCC)平衡剂为颗粒相,在中心区表观气速为0.3~0.5 m/s,边壁区表观气速为0.1 m/s,系统循环强度为0.25~1.00 kg/s的操作条件下,采用PV-6D型颗粒速度密度测量仪测量了混合器内床层各截面密度,并给出不同操作条件下的截面不均匀指数(RNI);采用热颗粒示踪技术给出了混合器内各测量截面的无因次温度分布,并引入混合指数用来定量描述不同操作条件下的颗粒混合程度,同时对比了传统环流混合器与无序环流混合器的混合能力。结果表明,无序环流混合器内部床层密度呈现中心低,边壁高的分布模式。随着循环强度的增加,RNI先减小后增大,随着表观气速的增加,RNI增大。预混合区混合指数为0.7~0.9,在高循环量,低中心区表观气速条件下(G_s为1.00 kg/s,u_(gd)为0.3 m/s),下料管进料影响区的截面混合指数低于其他操作条件。另外,无序环流混合器混合能力优于传统环流混合器。     

双工质塑料冷混机设计研讨

介绍了可提高塑料混合时冷却效率的双工质塑料冷混机，并简要叙述了立式，卧式和立式搅龙双工质冷混机却装置冷却物料的工序。     

连续高速分散混合器内的流体力学性能-II. 数值模拟

采用计算流体力学(CFD)方法研究连续高速分散混合器(CRS)的流体力学特性. 采用FLUENT 6.2软件，选用标准k-e模型和滑移网格(SM)法，对CRS进行三维流动场的数值模拟. 功率消耗的预测值与实验结果吻合良好，随雷诺数的增大功率准数NP基本不变，其模拟值为5.99，与实验的误差为13.7%. 在中小流量下，水力学性能的模拟值与实验值吻合较好，但较高流量下由于液沫夹带而无法准确预测. 模拟结果表明，CRS的最大泵送效率仅为13%，其功率消耗主要用于物料高效剪切混合；混合腔内的宏观流动场、剪切速率及湍流耗散率均呈非对称分布；对应转子不同的几何位置，定子槽内产生流型不同的漩涡，模拟结果与文献数据相吻合. 研究结果可为工业CRS的优化设计提供参考.     

Flow patterns in granulating systems

Particle flow patterns were investigated for wet granulation and dry powder mixing in ploughshare mixers using Positron Emission Particle Tracking (PEPT). In a 4-l mixer, calcium carbonate with mean size 45 μm was granulated using a 50 wt.% solution of glycerol and water as binding fluid, and particle movement was followed using a 600-μm calcium hydroxy-phosphate tracer particle. In a 20-l mixer, dry powder flow was studied using a 600-μm resin bead tracer particle to simulate the bulk polypropylene powder with mean size 600 μm. Important differences were seen between particle flow patterns for wet and dry systems. Particle speed relative to blade speed was lower in the wet system than in the dry system, with the ratios of average particle speed to blade tip speed for all experiments in the range 0.01–0.25. In the axial plane, the same particle motion was observed around each blade; this provides a significant advance for modelling flow in ploughshare mixers. For the future, a detailed understanding of the local velocity, acceleration and density variations around a plough blade will reveal the effects of flow patterns in granulating systems on the resultant distribution of granular product attributes such as size, density and strength.     

Discrete element simulation of free flowing grains in a four‐bladed mixer

Numerical simulations of granular flow in a cylindrical vessel agitated by a four‐blade impeller were performed using the discrete element method. Velocity, density, and stress profiles within the mixer displayed a periodic behavior with a fluctuation frequency equal to that of the blade rotation. Blade orientation was found to affect flow patterns and mixing kinetics. For an obtuse blade pitch orientation, a three‐dimensional recirculation zone develops in‐front of the blade due to formation of heaps where the blades are present. This flow pattern promotes vertical and radial mixing. No recirculation zone was observed when the blade orientation was changed to an acute blade pitch. The system's frictional characteristics are shown to strongly influence the granular behavior within the mixer. At low friction coefficients, the 3‐D recirculation in front of the obtuse blade is not present reducing convective mixing. Higher friction coefficients lead to an increase in granular temperature which is associated with an increase in diffusive mixing. Normal and shear stresses were found to vary with mixer height with maximum values near the bottom plate. Additionally, a strong dependence between the magnitude of the shear stresses and the friction coefficient of the particles was found. The stress tensor characteristics indicate that the granular flow in our simulations occurs in the quasi‐static regime. At the same time, the averaged pressure was found to vary linearly with bed height and could be predicted by a simple hydrostatic approximation. © 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 2009     

VIC型密炼机用于白炭黑胶料混炼工艺的探讨

温度控制法是目前密炼机排料控制中最常用的方法之一。排料温度不仅影响到混炼胶的性能,而且还影响到产品的使用寿命,特别是对热敏性橡胶和含有白炭黑等特殊材料要求的混炼就更为重要。VIC密炼机具有优良冷却效果和混炼温度可控的优点,本文应用VIC275密炼机对含有白炭黑的胶料进行了混炼实验,实验结果表明其混炼胶性能有了大幅度的提高。     

模块化微反应系统内溴化间甲基苯甲醚连续合成

根据微化工技术发展的主要趋势,针对4-溴-3-甲基苯甲醚间歇非均相合成技术存在的问题,以微筛孔反应器与玻璃微珠填充床为核心功能微设备单元构建了模块化微反应系统,并在此模块化微反应系统内对液-液非均相连续溴化合成4-溴-3-甲基苯甲醚开展研究。通过优化操作条件,在溴浓度(x_Br2)为17.5%(质量分数)、溴与间甲基苯甲醚摩尔比(n_Br2/n_M)为1.01、反应起始温度(T)为0℃、停留时间为0.78 min条件下,4-溴-3-甲基苯甲醚的收率大于98%,多溴代副产物的含量仅为1%。与传统间歇溴化反应相比,模块化微反应系统内连续溴化反应具有十分明显的优势:可将间歇过程连续化,在保证安全的基础上极大地提升了反应的效率(时空收率为6.5×10⁴kg/(m³·h));另外,该过程是由传质控制的,微反应器的传质性能优异,可极大地改善产品的选择性(多溴代副产物的量减少50%)。该研究为4-溴-3-甲基苯甲醚的连续高效安全合成提供了技术和设备依据。