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Power and flow characteristics of three rotor‐stator heads
Author(s) -
ÖzcanTaşkın Gül,
Kubicki Dominik,
Padron Gustavo
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the canadian journal of chemical engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1939-019X
pISSN - 0008-4034
DOI - 10.1002/cjce.20553
Subject(s) - stator , rotor (electric) , flow (mathematics) , computational fluid dynamics , dispersion (optics) , power (physics) , power flow , materials science , mechanics , range (aeronautics) , line (geometry) , mechanical engineering , engineering , physics , thermodynamics , electric power system , mathematics , composite material , optics , geometry
In‐line rotor‐stators are used in a wide range of industrial applications—primarily for dispersion processes such as emulsification, deagglomeration. Three rotor‐stator heads have been used to investigate their performance in breaking up of nanoparticle clusters within a large project. This article reports the findings of a part of this study aimed at investigating the flow and power characteristics in single phase to highlight the differences of three different mixer heads. Power characteristics are determined using the calorimetry allowing the characteristic power numbers for these devices to be obtained. These are also compared with CFD calculations. Flow characteristics are studied through numerical simulations.