Numerical simulation of granular mixing in static mixers with different geometries

© 2019, The Author(s). A static mixer is a fidelity engineered device for the continuous mixing of fluid/solid materials. To meet the requirements for mixing purpose, a proper design of the static mixer is important. In this study, we proposed various designs of static mixer based on the blade geome...

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Main Authors: Bunkluarb, N., Sawangtong, W., Khajohnsaksumeth, N., Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: SPRINGEROPEN 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79259
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Sawangtong, W.
Khajohnsaksumeth, N.
Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan
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Sawangtong, W.
Khajohnsaksumeth, N.
Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan
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description © 2019, The Author(s). A static mixer is a fidelity engineered device for the continuous mixing of fluid/solid materials. To meet the requirements for mixing purpose, a proper design of the static mixer is important. In this study, we proposed various designs of static mixer based on the blade geometry. Six blade patterns including four twisted blades, four elliptical blades and other four combined geometries of two twisted blades and two elliptical blades are chosen to investigate its mixing performance. Mathematical model of the two-phase flow with fluid/solid interaction in the static mixer is presented. Numerical solution of the flow patterns of particulate solids, and the velocity and the pressure fields of the fluid in the static mixer with different blade geometries are carried out. To evaluate the quality of the mixing performance, the results obtained from six blade designs are compared via the relative standard deviation and the amount of pressure drop along the mixing path.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-792592020-08-20T01:02:11Z Numerical simulation of granular mixing in static mixers with different geometries Bunkluarb, N. Sawangtong, W. Khajohnsaksumeth, N. Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan Science & Technology Physical Sciences Mathematics, Applied Mathematics Static mixer Blade design Fluid solid interaction Microchannel Elliptic cross section FLOW © 2019, The Author(s). A static mixer is a fidelity engineered device for the continuous mixing of fluid/solid materials. To meet the requirements for mixing purpose, a proper design of the static mixer is important. In this study, we proposed various designs of static mixer based on the blade geometry. Six blade patterns including four twisted blades, four elliptical blades and other four combined geometries of two twisted blades and two elliptical blades are chosen to investigate its mixing performance. Mathematical model of the two-phase flow with fluid/solid interaction in the static mixer is presented. Numerical solution of the flow patterns of particulate solids, and the velocity and the pressure fields of the fluid in the static mixer with different blade geometries are carried out. To evaluate the quality of the mixing performance, the results obtained from six blade designs are compared via the relative standard deviation and the amount of pressure drop along the mixing path. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79259 10.1186/s13662-019-2174-5 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SPRINGEROPEN fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Mathematics, Applied
Mathematics
Static mixer
Blade design
Fluid
solid interaction
Microchannel
Elliptic cross section
FLOW
Bunkluarb, N.
Sawangtong, W.
Khajohnsaksumeth, N.
Wiwatanapataphee, Benchawan
Numerical simulation of granular mixing in static mixers with different geometries
title Numerical simulation of granular mixing in static mixers with different geometries
title_full Numerical simulation of granular mixing in static mixers with different geometries
title_fullStr Numerical simulation of granular mixing in static mixers with different geometries
title_full_unstemmed Numerical simulation of granular mixing in static mixers with different geometries
title_short Numerical simulation of granular mixing in static mixers with different geometries
title_sort numerical simulation of granular mixing in static mixers with different geometries
topic Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Mathematics, Applied
Mathematics
Static mixer
Blade design
Fluid
solid interaction
Microchannel
Elliptic cross section
FLOW
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/79259