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JET IMPINGEMENT MIXING IN AN L-TYPE MIXHEAD - COMPARISON OF MIXING CRITERIA

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Title JET IMPINGEMENT MIXING IN AN L-TYPE MIXHEAD - COMPARISON OF MIXING CRITERIA
 
Creator BASER, SA
SHETTY, DG
KHAKHAR, DV
 
Description High velocity jet impingement mixing is a unique operation of the reaction injection molding process. The quality of mixing depends on processing parameters for a given system, and can have significant effect on the properties of the product. We have compared three methods used for characterization of mixing quality reported in the literature for a cross-linking polyurethane system processed on an industrial scale high pressure RIM machine, with an L-type mixhead. The methods are based on, (i) visual appearance of a molded sample, (ii) adiabatic temperature rise during reaction and, (iii) flexural modulus of elasticity of a molded sample. The visual appearance test was made quantitative by using a color matching optical system. The adiabatic temperature rise increases rapidly with nozzle Reynolds number (Re(nzl) for polyol, up to a critical value (Re(nzl) = 380) beyond which there is a slow increase. The latter is attributed to the geometry of the L-type mixhead. A simple analysis is presented to explain the limiting extent of mixing at high Re(nzl). The flexural modulus and the visual appearance of molded samples are found to improve until Re(nzl) = 500, implying a greater sensitivity to mixing as compared to the adiabatic temperature rise.
 
Publisher SOC PLASTICS ENG INC
 
Date 2011-08-29T07:06:06Z
2011-12-26T12:58:28Z
2011-12-27T05:48:29Z
2011-08-29T07:06:06Z
2011-12-26T12:58:28Z
2011-12-27T05:48:29Z
1993
 
Type Article
 
Identifier POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE, 33(24), 1611-1618
0032-3888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760332405
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/12006
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/12006
 
Language en