Scale-up of Batch Rotor-Stator Mixers. Part 2: Mixing and Emulsification

Abstract Rotor-stator mixers are characterized by a set of rotors moving at high speed surrounded closely by a set of stationary stators which produces high local energy dissipation. Rotor-stator mixers are therefore widely used in the process industries including the manufacture of many food, cosmetic and health care products, fine chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. This paper presents data demonstrating scale-up rules for the mixing times, surface aeration, and equilibrium drop size for Silverson batch rotor-stator mixers. Part 1 of this paper has already explored scale-up rules for the key power parameters. These rules will allow processes involving rotor-stator mixers to be scaled up from around 1 l to over 600 l directly avoiding problems such as surface aeration.

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