Overview on the hydrodynamic conditions found in industrial systems and its impact in (bio) fouling formation

S Fernandes, IB Gomes, LC Simões… - Chemical Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biofouling is the unwanted accumulation of deposits on surfaces, composed by organic and
inorganic particles and (micro) organisms. Its occurrence in industrial equipment is …

Comparative analysis of different static mixers performance by CFD technique: An innovative mixer

MM Haddadi, SH Hosseini, D Rashtchian… - Chinese Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The flow and mixing behavior of two miscible liquids has been studied in an innovative static
mixer by using CFD, with Reynolds numbers ranging from 20 to 160. The performance of the …

Gas-liquid flow pattern identification and bubble characteristics analysis in a static mixer based HiPOxTM reactor

Y Xu, L Wang, Y Wang, Y Qian, H Wang, Y Xu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The multiphase flow in HiPOx TM reactor are the criteria for the mass transfer of ozone at the
gas–liquid interface, determining the degradation rate of the refractory organic pollutant in …

CFD modeling of immiscible liquids turbulent dispersion in Kenics static mixers: Focusing on droplet behavior

MM Haddadi, SH Hosseini, D Rashtchian… - Chinese Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study is concerned with the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of
turbulent dispersion of immiscible liquids, namely, water–silicone oil and water–benzene …

Simulation of gas–liquid flow in a helical static mixer

F Zidouni, E Krepper, R Rzehak, S Rabha… - Chemical Engineering …, 2015 - Elsevier
CFD simulations using the Euler–Euler approach are performed to model the gas–liquid
bubbly flow in a helical static mixer. The model validation work was based on experiments …

A population balance model for the prediction of breakage of emulsion droplets in SMX+ static mixers

N Lebaz, N Sheibat-Othman - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
This work deals with the numerical and experimental investigation of droplets breakage in
SMX+ static mixers. While steady-state empirical correlations are commonly used for the …

Blending of miscible liquids with different densities and viscosities in static mixers

G Montante, M Coroneo, A Paglianti - Chemical Engineering Science, 2016 - Elsevier
The homogenization of two liquids of different densities and viscosities in a pipeline
equipped with a corrugated plate SMV static mixer is investigated by RANS-based CFD …

[HTML][HTML] CFD modeling of emulsions inside static mixers

J Albertazzi, F Florit, V Busini, R Rota - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Emulsification carried out in continuous devices offers a series of advantages over batch
emulsion, such as better control of the droplet size distribution, reduced volume equipment …

Improving mixing performance by curved‐blade static mixer

H Mahmoodi, K Razzaghi, F Shahraki - AIChE Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article addresses design modification to a flat‐blade static mixer to enhance mixing
performance. The static mixer elements used in this work consist of four blades with …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulations of a compact inline gas–liquid separator: A comparison between RANS and a hybrid LES-RANS approach

F Maluta, A Paglianti, G Montante - International Journal of Multiphase Flow, 2024 - Elsevier
Two computational fluid dynamics approaches are adopted to simulate the single-phase
and the gas–liquid flow field generated by a compact inline separator based on the …