Determination of Mixing Times with Helical Ribbon Impeller for Non-Newtonian Viscous Fluids Using an Advanced Imaging Method

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Chhabra, R. | Bouvier, L. | Delaplace, Guillaume | Cuvelier, G. | Domenek, S. | André, C.

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New results on mixing times for viscous Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids being homogenized with a helical ribbon impeller are presented. In particular, a recently developed technique to determine the macromixing kinetics of an impeller in a transparent vessel was applied to investigate the effects of rheological properties on mixing times. Significant differences were observed in the mixing times for viscous Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Based on the new data obtained in this work, a correlation incorporating the elastic effects is proposed in terms of a Weissenberg number for predicting the mixing time as a function of the Reynolds number and the system geometry.

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