Gas-rigid-flexible compound blade coupling enhanced experimental study on chaotic mixing of multiphase flow--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Zhang, Y., Li, X., Zhang, G., Fan, M., Xu, J., & Wang, H. (2024). Gas-rigid-flexible compound blade coupling enhanced experimental study on chaotic mixing of multiphase flow. Particuology, 94, 356-372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2024.09.004

Gas-rigid-flexible compound blade coupling enhanced experimental study on chaotic mixing of multiphase flow

Yan Zhang^{a b}, Xinyu Li^{a b}, Gai Zhang^{a b}, Mingyang Fan^{a b}, Jianxin Xu^{a b *}, Hua Wang ^{a b}

a Faulty of Metallurgical and Energy Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China
b State Key Laboratory of Complex Nonferrous Metal Resources Clean Utilization, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650093, China

10.1016/j.partic.2024.09.004

Volume 94, November 2024, Pages 356-372

Received 27 April 2024, Revised 31 August 2024, Accepted 4 September 2024, Available online 14 September 2024, Version of Record 24 September 2024.

E-mail: xujianxina@163.com

Highlights

• A mixer with rigid-flexible composite paddles controlled by intermittent air intake is proposed.

• Bubble movement behavior enhances mixing.

• Quantifying mixing effects from a perspective of energy dissipation using multiscale entropy.

• Flow field enhancement characteristics of hybrid systems are investigated by PIV technique.

Abstract

Efficient fluid mixing is essential for process intensification. This study proposes a new method in which gas-rigid-flexible composite blades are coupled to enhance chaotic mixing in multiphase flow systems. The rigidity and flexibility of the blades were adjusted by intermittent gas injection, which increased the effectiveness of mixing of the liquid-liquid two-phase fluid. This study investigates the influence of different process parameters on the mixing efficiency and quantifies the chaotic characteristics of fluid mixing through pressure-time series analysis of multiscale entropy and the 0–1 test. A high-speed camera recorded the bubble movement in the flow field, while particle image velocimetry (PIV) revealed the enhancement of the properties of the flow field in the system due to the suspended motion of the particles. Using suitable process parameters, gas-rigid-flexible composite blade coupling significantly enhanced the mixing effect, where the mixing time of the G-RFCP system was reduced by 1.42 times compared to that of the CP system. Bubble motion, deformation, and rupture enhanced the mechanical agitation, increasing the intensity of the turbulence and chaotic behaviour. Flow-field analysis indicated a three-fold increase in the vorticity and a 1.04-fold increase in the velocity difference for the G-RFCP system compared with those of the CP system. This study provides theoretical and experimental foundations for understanding chaotic mixing in liquid-liquid two-phase fluids.

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Keywords

Rigid-flexible compound blades; Tracer particle; Bubble dynamics; Multiphase flow; Chaotic mixing characteristics

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