Numerical Simulation of Mixing Characteristics in the Eccentric Rotor Extruder with Different Process Conditions and Structural Parameters

Numerical simulation was performed with the computational fluid dynamics analysis software POLYFLOW to investigate the influence of different process conditions and structural parameters on mixing characteristics of the eccentric rotor extruder. The intensity of shear and elongational flow strengthe...

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Main Authors: De-jun Fan, Ming-kai Yang, Zhi-gao Huang, Jin-song Wen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Advances in Polymer Technology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8132308
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description Numerical simulation was performed with the computational fluid dynamics analysis software POLYFLOW to investigate the influence of different process conditions and structural parameters on mixing characteristics of the eccentric rotor extruder. The intensity of shear and elongational flow strengthened when the rotational speed increased, but the time for material to stay in the extruder will be reduced. At the same time, the increase of radius and eccentricity could effectively promote the mixing performance. On the contrary, the mixing capacity reduced with the increase of the pitch. The results can be useful to optimize the structure design and guide production.
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spelling doaj-art-25a60345ef124e3c8a1b1162b7c2a4ad2025-08-20T02:04:30ZengWileyAdvances in Polymer Technology0730-66791098-23292019-01-01201910.1155/2019/81323088132308Numerical Simulation of Mixing Characteristics in the Eccentric Rotor Extruder with Different Process Conditions and Structural ParametersDe-jun Fan0Ming-kai Yang1Zhi-gao Huang2Jin-song Wen3The National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaThe National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaThe State Key Laboratory of Materials Processing and Die & Mould Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaThe National Engineering Research Center of Novel Equipment for Polymer Processing, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, ChinaNumerical simulation was performed with the computational fluid dynamics analysis software POLYFLOW to investigate the influence of different process conditions and structural parameters on mixing characteristics of the eccentric rotor extruder. The intensity of shear and elongational flow strengthened when the rotational speed increased, but the time for material to stay in the extruder will be reduced. At the same time, the increase of radius and eccentricity could effectively promote the mixing performance. On the contrary, the mixing capacity reduced with the increase of the pitch. The results can be useful to optimize the structure design and guide production.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8132308
spellingShingle De-jun Fan
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Numerical Simulation of Mixing Characteristics in the Eccentric Rotor Extruder with Different Process Conditions and Structural Parameters
Advances in Polymer Technology
title Numerical Simulation of Mixing Characteristics in the Eccentric Rotor Extruder with Different Process Conditions and Structural Parameters
title_full Numerical Simulation of Mixing Characteristics in the Eccentric Rotor Extruder with Different Process Conditions and Structural Parameters
title_fullStr Numerical Simulation of Mixing Characteristics in the Eccentric Rotor Extruder with Different Process Conditions and Structural Parameters
title_full_unstemmed Numerical Simulation of Mixing Characteristics in the Eccentric Rotor Extruder with Different Process Conditions and Structural Parameters
title_short Numerical Simulation of Mixing Characteristics in the Eccentric Rotor Extruder with Different Process Conditions and Structural Parameters
title_sort numerical simulation of mixing characteristics in the eccentric rotor extruder with different process conditions and structural parameters
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8132308
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