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Influence of Design on Mixing Efficiency in a Variable Intermeshing Clearance Mixer

  • C.-H. Yao and I. Manas-Zloczower
Published/Copyright: June 22, 2013
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International Polymer Processing
From the journal International Polymer Processing Volume 12 Issue 2

Abstract

The Variable Intermeshing Clearance (VIC) mixer possesses the unique feature of the ability to change the inter-rotor clearance during the compounding process. To improve the mixing performance of the VIC mixer new designs are proposed. A fluid dynamics analysis package-FIDAP, using the finite element method was employed to simulate the flow behavior in the VIC mixer. The problem of time dependent flow boundaries was solved by selecting a number of sequential geometries with 20 degree increments to represent a complete mixing cycle. Dispersive mixing was evaluated in terms of both the shear stress distribution and the elongational flow components generated in the flow field. Distributive mixing was studied numerically by means of tracking the evolution of particles originally gathered as clusters. Our studies indicate that the new design of an enlarged chamber gives overall better dispersive and distributive mixing performance than the traditional VIC. The VIC mixer with both an enlarged chamber and wider rotor blades design shows poorer dispersive mixing but better distributive mixing capability. The effect of inter-rotor clearance on mixing efficiency is also discussed.

* Mail address: Prof. I. Manas-Zloczower, Department of Macro-molecular Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Received: 1996-10-22
Accepted: 1996-12-5
Published Online: 2013-06-22
Published in Print: 1997-05-01

© 1997, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich

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https://doi.org/10.3139/217.970092

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. Third in a Series: Pioneers of Polymer Processing: Charles Goodyear
  5. Screw Extrusion/Mixing
  6. Chaotic Features of Flow in Polymer Processing Equipment-Relevance to Distributive Mixing
  7. Influence of Design on Mixing Efficiency in a Variable Intermeshing Clearance Mixer
  8. Simulation of Non-Isothermal Flow in a Modular Buss Kneader and Comparison with Experiment
  9. Rheological Behaviour of LLDPE/LDPE Blends under Elongational Deformation
  10. Effect of Compounding Conditions on Mechanical Properties of Glass Fiber-Reinforced Polyamide-6
  11. Die Extrusion
  12. A New Approach to Simulation of Die Flow which Incorporates the Extruder and Rotating Screw Tips in the Analysis
  13. New Aspects Concerning the Design of Coathanger Dies
  14. Film
  15. On-Line Birefringence Measurement in Film Blowing of a Linear Low Density Polyethylene
  16. Brittle Melt Rupture Phenomena in Polymer Processing
  17. Moulding
  18. Injection Molding of LDPE/BaSO4 Blends
  19. An Experimental Study of Rotational Molding of Polypropylene/Polyethylene Copolymers
  20. Determination of the Inter-Relationships Between Processing Conditions and Properties of an Injection Molded Silicone Ring Using an Experimental Design
  21. Numerical Simulation of the Flow and Fiber Orientation in Reinforced Thermoplastic Injection Molded Products
  22. Wide-Angle X-Ray, Densitometric and Microscopical Studies on Injection Molded Polypropylene Disks
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