Reactor 10 Caterpillar Mini Mixer

A caterpillar steel mini mixer can be connected to conventional tubing, either stainless steel or polymeric, to prolong the residence time. The caterpillar mixer as all types of split-recombine mixers, profits from high volume flows (e.g. 100 1 h and more at moderate pressure drops) at favorable pressure drop (not exceeding 5 bar) as its internal microstructures can be held large [25-28]. [Pg.591]

For a more detailed description of the hydrodynamics of the caterpillar mixer, respective images and the performance of a second-generation caterpillar device see the corresponding section in Section 4.1. [Pg.592]

Reactor type Caterpillar mini mixer-tube reactor, 1st generation Microstructure in one plate initial depth maximum depth 600 pm 850 pm [Pg.592]

Mini mixer material Stainless steel Mini mixer stage length 2400 pm [Pg.592]

Number of plates needed to form mini mixer channel 2 Number of mixing stages 8 [Pg.592]

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