Flow, turbulence and potential droplet break up mechanisms in an in-line Silverson 150/250 high shear mixer

被引：1

作者：

Espinoza C.J.U. ^{[1
,2
]}

Alberini F. ^{[1
]}

Mihailova O. ^{[2
]}

Kowalski A.J. ^{[2
]}

Simmons M.J.H. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham

[2] Unilever R&D, Port Sunlight Laboratory, Bebington, CH63 3JW, Wirral

来源：

Chemical Engineering Science: X | 2020年 / 6卷

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

Energy dissipation rate; Fluid mechanics; High shear mixer; PIV; Silverson; Turbulence;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cesx.2020.100055

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摘要：

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. © 2020 The Authors

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