The
effects of various structural and operating parameters on liquid–liquid
dispersion and selectivity of chemical reactions in inline single-row
teethed high shear mixers (HSMs) were studied by a parallel competitive
reaction system. The product distribution X
S was applied to evaluate the mass transfer characteristics. The results
show that X
S decreases evidently at first
in tandem with a slight increase as the rotor speed and flow rate
rise. The results also indicate that the structural parameters of
the rotors play a more important role in enhancing the mass transfer
efficiency at higher rotor speed. Compared with adjusting other structural
parameters, increasing the teeth number of the rotor can most significantly
decrease both X
S and Sauter mean drop
size d
32. Computational fluid dynamics
was applied to predict the flow and power characteristics. Furthermore,
a dimensionless correlation for X
S is
established to provide references for the design and optimization
of inline HSMs in liquid–liquid systems.
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