Rhomboid mixing section

Figure 10.30 Deforming drop inside a rhomboidal mixing section.

Rios et al. [55] performed an experimental study with the above rhomboidal mixing section configurations using a 45 mm diameter single screw extruder. The mixing sections... 

Figure 10.36 Rhomboidal mixing sections studied experimentally.

A.C. Rios, P.J. Gramann, T. A. Osswald, M. del P. Noriega, and O.A. Estrada. Experimental and numerical study of rhomboidal mixing sections. Intern. Polymer Processing, 15 12-19, 2000. 

A.C. Rios and T.A. Osswald. Comparative study of rhomboidal mixing sections using the boundary element method. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, 24 89-94, 2000. 

A. Rios, P. Gramann, T. Osswald, M. Noriega, Experimental and Numerical Study of Rhomboidal Mixing Sections, Int. Polym. Process., 9, no. 1, 12-19 (2000)... 

Figure 12.37 Predicted streamlines in a rhomboid mixing section using BEM...

Figure 12.38 Deformation of an ink line in a visual experiment of a rhomboid mixing section...

Rios et al. [95] investigated severai different configurations of the rhomboid mixing section by changing the two heiix angies that define the mixing section. The different sections anaiyzed are shown in Fig. 12.39, where the notation of each indicates the pitch in both directions. 

Figure 12.41(b) Numerical calculated characteristic curves of rhomboidal mixing sections... 

Figure 12.42 Calculated residence time distribution of rhomboidal mixing sections using BEM...

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