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 …

Drop breakage in a single‐pass through vortex‐based cavitation device: Experiments and modeling

AH Thaker, VV Ranade - AIChE Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid–liquid emulsions are used in many sectors such as personal care, home care, and
food products. There is an increasing need for developing compact and modular devices for …

Numerical simulation of oil dewatering in a disc centrifuge based on PBM model

S Fu, G Deng, H Dong, Y Mou, Y Hu, F Zhou… - Experimental and …, 2023 - Springer
Disc centrifuges have been widely applied, particularly in oil dewatering. Literatures are
sparsely particularly that of test work and simulation with PBM model on this aspect. The oil …

Investigation on the variation regularity of the characteristic droplet diameters in the swirling flow field

S Liu, J Zhang, L Hou, J Xu - Chemical Engineering Science, 2021 - Elsevier
To investigate the variation regularity of the characteristic droplet diameters in the swirling
flow field, experimental research and numerical simulations were conducted. In the …

Research on process modeling and simulation of spent lead paste desulfurization enhanced reactor

L Zhao, Z Tan, X Zhang, Q Zhang, W Wang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the reaction process of carbonate desulfurization lead paste, the produced PbCO 3 is
easily wrapped in the outer periphery of PbSO 4 to form a product layer, hindering the mass …

Investigation on the effect of vertical baffle plate on droplet size distribution and mixing efficiency in Taylor Reactor

X Dong, S Yan, X Yang, N Liu, S Du, B Wang… - … and Processing-Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
The Taylor reactor is a dynamic mixer based on the principles of Taylor vortex flow.
However, traditional Taylor reactors feature smooth inner and outer cylinder surfaces …

Modeling drop breakage using the full energy spectrum and a specific realization of turbulence anisotropy

I Bagkeris, V Michael, R Prosser, A Kowalski - AIChE Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The assumption of homogeneous isotropic turbulence when modeling drop breakage in
industrially relevant geometries is questionable. We describe the development of an …

Modelling W/O/W double emulsions preparation in static mixers: accounting for the shear-thinning behaviour of the dispersed phase

N Lebaz, K Touma, R Chakleh, F Azizi… - … Research and Design, 2024 - Elsevier
The dispersion of a shear-thinning non-Newtonian fluid using in-line mixers to prepare
double emulsions is investigated experimentally and numerically in this study. A two-step …

Preparation and characterization of experimental oily wastewater: effect of rotor speeds and oil/water ratios in an in-line high-share mixer

Y Sang, L He, J Chen - Separation Science and Technology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple oily wastewaters are necessary for scientific research and technological
development. Experimental oily wastewater is prepared with an in-line high shear mixer at a …

Simulation of turbulent emulsification in a sonolator mixer: interpretation of drop breakage time

I Bagkeris, V Michael, R Prosser… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The simulation of dilute emulsions in a model ACIP2 Sonolator is investigated using
computational fluid dynamics and population balance methods. Two breakage frequency …