Design and development of high shear mixers: Fundamentals, applications and recent progress

V Vashisth, KDP Nigam, V Kumar - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Dispersion of liquids/particles is a key important requirement in a variety of applications
including coatings and paints, cosmetics, healthcare, food, and pharmaceutical processes …

Micromixing performance of the teethed high shear mixer under semi-batch operation

X Li, L Yang, J Guo, W Li, M Zhou, J Zhang - Frontiers of Chemical Science …, 2021 - Springer
Semi-batch operated reaction processes are necessary for some competitive reaction
systems to achieve a desirable process selectivity and productivity of fine chemical products …

Nanoparticle de-agglomeration in viscous fluids using different high shear mixer geometries

V Vashisth, KDP Nigam, V Kumar - Chemical Engineering Science, 2022 - Elsevier
In the present work, the effect of batch high shear mixer (HSM) geometries is studied on
nanoparticles deagglomeration and power draw in water and aqueous glycerol solutions …

CFD simulation of an axial discharge rotor-stator mixer: LES versus RANS predictions

BA Minnick, EE Janz, RV Calabrese - Chemical Engineering Research and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The large eddy simulation (LES) technique is used to model the turbulent flow of water in a
two-stage, axial discharge, in-line rotor-stator mixer. The WALE sub-grid scale model is …

Mixing intensification with soft-elastic baffle (SEB) in a soft-elastic reactor (SER)

M Liu, G Zhang, J Xiao, R Jeantet, G Delaplace… - … and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soft-elastic reactor (SER) has been demonstrated as an alternative approach to effective
mixing of viscous liquid. Here, the mixing performance of Newtonian fluid—glycerin water …

Turbulent statistics of flow fields using large eddy simulations in batch high shear mixers

V Kumar - Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2019 - Elsevier
Large eddy simulations (LES) have been carried out for the first time to characterize the flow
and turbulent characteristics in three different batch high shear mixers (HSMs) at a constant …

Investigation on solid-liquid mass transfer and particle suspension of jet-flow high shear mixers

S Chu, W Li, Y Liu, J Zhang - Chemical Engineering Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The jet-flow high shear mixer exhibits foreseeable advantages in intensifying diffusion-
controlled solid-liquid reactions by its high-frequency mechanical impact. This study …

Effect of stator geometries on flow fields and mixing performance for viscous fluids

V Vashisth, V Kumar - Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process …, 2022 - Elsevier
High shear mixers (HSMs) find wide applications in industrial processes where intense
mixing and dispersion of fluids play a vital role. In this work, the flow fields and mixing …

Wastewater Treatment Using Shear Enhanced Flotation Separation Technology: A Pilot Plant Study for Winery Wastewater Processing

D Vlotman, D Key, B Cerff, BJ Bladergroen - Processes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The agricultural sector is one that requires and consumes enormous amounts of fresh water
globally. Commercial wine production in particular uses large volumes of fresh water and …

Flow and power characteristics of an axial discharge rotor-stator mixer

BA Minnick, JW Kim, DI Ko, RV Calabrese - … Engineering Research and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Flow and power characteristics of a two-stage inline axial flow rotor-stator mixer have been
investigated via CFD simulation of the RANS equations. The realizable k–ε turbulence …