Influence of design on mixing efficiency in the kneading disc region of co-rotating twin screw extruders

被引:6
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作者
Manas-Zloczower, I [1 ]
Cheng, HF [1 ]
机构
[1] Case Western Reserve Univ, Dept Macromol Sci, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
关键词
twin screw extruders; kneading discs; flow simulations; dispersive mixing;
D O I
10.1177/073168449801701202
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TB33 [复合材料];
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摘要
Co-rotating, intermeshing twin screw extruders are widely used in polymer compounding and blending. In this work, a fluid dynamics analysis package-FIDAP, using the finite element method was employed to simulate the isothermal flow patterns of a non-Newtonial fluid in the kneading disc region of Werner & Pfleiderer ZSK-30 and ZSK-53 co-rotating twin screw extruders. Dispersive mixing efficiency was analyzed in terms of shear stresses generated and elongational flow characteristics. The influence of design variables (2 lobes versus 3 lobes discs) on the pumping characteristics and dispersive mixing efficiency is discussed.
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页码:1076 / 1086
页数:11
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