a numerical model for simulating residence time distribution (rtd) of turbulent flows in helical static mixers is proposed and developed to improve the understanding of static mixers. the results of this model is presented in terms of different volumetric flow rate to illustrate the complicated flow patterns that drive the mixing process in helical static mixers. the computed results are also u...

Abstract In this work, the role of appropriate mixing for mercaptan removal from Kerosene using caustic soda has been investigated in the pilot scale. Static mixer at different condition has been used as a passive mixing tool to achieve proper mixing and consequently high performance of mercaptan removal. Two lengths of static mixer including 20 and 40 cm as well as two pitches 1 and 3 m...

A numerical model for simulating Residence Time Distribution (RTD) of turbulent flows in helical static mixers is proposed and developed to improve the understanding of static mixers. The results of this model is presented in terms of different volumetric flow rate to illustrate the complicated flow patterns that drive the mixing process i...

The mapping approach is applied to study the distributive mixing in the, widely industrially used, Kenics static mixer. The flexibility of the mapping method makes it possible to study and compare thousands of different mixer layouts and perform optimization with respect to macroscopic homogenization efficiency and interface generation. In the paper two different designs of the mixer are invest...

The flotation circuit in Sungun copper plant consists of two column flotation cells as cleaner, having fixed-spargers system. To achieve the expected aims in flotation step, there are serious operational challenges such as: fast choking of the static mixers, boiling problem, burping phenomena and pulp overflow to concentrate lander, maintenance and control problems. An attempt was exerted by im...

VOLUME 84, OCTOBER 2006 INTRODUCTION This work is motivated by a problem encountered in certain mixing processes that employ a centre line injector upstream of a static mixer. Static or motionless mixers have been adopted for a large number of blending and dispersion operations because they offer attractive features such as closed-loop operation, and no moving parts, in contrast to continuously...

Laminar flow and mixing of a Newtonian fluid are characterized in a four-element Koch-Glitsch SMX static mixer. The computational analysis on a fine, unstructured mesh containing more than 3.5 million tetrahedral elements led to high-resolution numerical data for ®elocity and pressure. Computed pressure drops agreed excellently with those in the literature. The flow in this static mixer is esse...

Using the Mapping Method different designs of SMX motionless mixers are analyzed and optimized. The three design parameters that constitute a specific SMX design are: The number of cross-bars over the width of channel, N(x) , the number of parallel cross-bars per element, N(p) , and the angle between opposite cross-bars θ. Optimizing N(x) , somewhat surprisingly reveals that in the standard des...

The mixing behavior around a SMX-type static mixer segment has been investigated experimentally by using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) simultaneously. To quantify mixing, velocity fields and concentration fields have been measured for different Reynolds numbers along vertical and horizontal sections directly behind the mixer. The experimental data...