Analysis of kinetics of multicomponent, heterogeneous granular mixtures - Laminar and turbulent flow approach

Mixing of granular materials is unquestionably important. Mixing solids is common in industrial applications and frequently represents a critical stage of the processes. The effect of mixing determines the quality of the products. Achieving a gas or liquid mixture ideally homogeneous in terms of com...

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Main Author: Królczyk Jolanta B.
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Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering 2016-06-01
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description Mixing of granular materials is unquestionably important. Mixing solids is common in industrial applications and frequently represents a critical stage of the processes. The effect of mixing determines the quality of the products. Achieving a gas or liquid mixture ideally homogeneous in terms of composition in the case of dissolving components is not that difficult, while in case of granular materials that usually differ in sizes and densities, obtaining a homogenous mixture is practically impossible. The aim of the paper is to present the kinetics of mixing of a multicomponent, nonhomogeneous granular mixture. For the first time in mixing of granular materials, a reference has been made to the terminology used in kinematics of fluid mixtures to determine the state of the mixture: turbulent or laminar. By means of statistical analysis the mixing process was divided into two stages. The initial phase of the process was called the stage of turbulent changes, due to large differences in the quality of the observed mixtures; the final step of the process was called the stage of laminar, stable changes, where further mixing did not result in a significant improvement in quality. The research was conducted in industrial conditions in a two-tonne mixer.
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spelling doaj-art-f319a358af644ce09451d6fa1055d63d2025-08-20T02:21:59ZengPolish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process EngineeringChemical and Process Engineering2300-19252016-06-0137216117310.1515/cpe-2016-0015cpe-2016-0015Analysis of kinetics of multicomponent, heterogeneous granular mixtures - Laminar and turbulent flow approachKrólczyk Jolanta B.0Opole University of Technology, 76 Prószkowska Street, 45-758 Opole, PolandMixing of granular materials is unquestionably important. Mixing solids is common in industrial applications and frequently represents a critical stage of the processes. The effect of mixing determines the quality of the products. Achieving a gas or liquid mixture ideally homogeneous in terms of composition in the case of dissolving components is not that difficult, while in case of granular materials that usually differ in sizes and densities, obtaining a homogenous mixture is practically impossible. The aim of the paper is to present the kinetics of mixing of a multicomponent, nonhomogeneous granular mixture. For the first time in mixing of granular materials, a reference has been made to the terminology used in kinematics of fluid mixtures to determine the state of the mixture: turbulent or laminar. By means of statistical analysis the mixing process was divided into two stages. The initial phase of the process was called the stage of turbulent changes, due to large differences in the quality of the observed mixtures; the final step of the process was called the stage of laminar, stable changes, where further mixing did not result in a significant improvement in quality. The research was conducted in industrial conditions in a two-tonne mixer.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/cpe.2016.37.issue-2/cpe-2016-0015/cpe-2016-0015.xml?format=INTmixinggranular materialskineticsturbulent stagelaminar stage
spellingShingle Królczyk Jolanta B.
Analysis of kinetics of multicomponent, heterogeneous granular mixtures - Laminar and turbulent flow approach
Chemical and Process Engineering
mixing
granular materials
kinetics
turbulent stage
laminar stage
title Analysis of kinetics of multicomponent, heterogeneous granular mixtures - Laminar and turbulent flow approach
title_full Analysis of kinetics of multicomponent, heterogeneous granular mixtures - Laminar and turbulent flow approach
title_fullStr Analysis of kinetics of multicomponent, heterogeneous granular mixtures - Laminar and turbulent flow approach
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of kinetics of multicomponent, heterogeneous granular mixtures - Laminar and turbulent flow approach
title_short Analysis of kinetics of multicomponent, heterogeneous granular mixtures - Laminar and turbulent flow approach
title_sort analysis of kinetics of multicomponent heterogeneous granular mixtures laminar and turbulent flow approach
topic mixing
granular materials
kinetics
turbulent stage
laminar stage
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