Mechanisms of lobed jet mixing: Comparison of bilinear, rectangular, and circular lobed mixers

Z Sheng, W Liao, X Ji, W Zhong - Aerospace Science and Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, bilinear lobed mixers (BLMs), rectangular lobed mixers (RLMs), and circular
lobed mixers (CLMs), with two sectional area ratios of the bypass channel to the core …

Smart batch process: The evolution from 1D and 2D to new 3D perspectives in the era of Big Data

Y Zhou, F Gao - Journal of Process Control, 2023 - Elsevier
Big Data will revolutionize modern industry by improving process optimization, facilitating
insight discovery, and improving decision-making. This big data revolution presents a …

Design of impeller blades for intensification on fluid mixing process in a stirred tank

D Gu, H Xu, M Ye, L Wen - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Many studies reported that the nonlinear geometry could create a longer
turbulence production region and higher turbulence intensities compared with conventional …

Development of intensified reactors: A process intensification methodology perspective

Y Ouyang, GJ Heynderickx, KM Van Geem - Chemical Engineering and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of intensified equipment, heavily advocated by academia, encounters several
hurdles to break through in the chemical industry. This has several reasons, such as the …

Effects of impeller types on gas-liquid mixing and oxygen mass transfer in aerated stirred reactors

D Li, W Chen - Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2022 - Elsevier
Aeration and stir are vital steps in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) to enhance
dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration in water. In laboratories, aerated stirred reactors …

Chaotic mixing intensification and flow field evolution mechanism in a stirred reactor using a dual-shaft eccentric impeller

H Yao, J Tang, Z Liu, C Tao… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nearly 95% of the energy in the stirred reactor maintains the symmetrical flow field structure
formed by fluid rotation, which reduces the efficiency of fluid transfer. In this paper, a dual …

Exploration of multishafts stirred reactors: an investigation on experiments and large eddy simulations for turbulent chaos and mixing characteristics

T Meng, Y Wang, S Wang, S Qin, Q Zhang… - Industrial & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The conventional single-shaft stirred reactor dissipates a significant amount of energy due to
the formation of a symmetrical flow field. In an innovative effort to optimize energy …

Power consumption and oxygen transfer optimization for C5 sugar acid production in a gas-liquid stirred tank bioreactor using CFD-Taguchi method

C Xu, X Liu, C Ding, X Zhou, Y Xu, X Gu - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Power consumption and oxygen transfer are considered the two most important direct
indexes, affecting the effective and cost-efficient C5 sugar acid fermentation from C5 sugar …

Study of trailing vortices and impeller jet instabilities of a flat blade impeller in small‐scale reactors

AD Charalambidou, M Micheletti, A Ducci - AIChE Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The design of economically feasible and profitable production processes has driven
companies toward integrated continuous manufacturing by reducing working volumes and …

Investigation of the intensified chaotic mixing and flow structures evolution mechanism in stirred reactor with torsional rigid-flexible impeller

X Tang, F Qiu, H Li, Q Zhang, X Quan… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This investigation addresses the development of a Möbius strip with torsional structure as
the flexible connection pieces for rigid-flexible impellers, enhancing the macroinstability of …