Micromixing efficiency of a novel rotor–stator reactor

Abstract The importance of inlet region of rotating packed bed (RPB) was confirmed recently. This enlightened us to design another novel reactor, named rotor–stator reactor (RSR), which has multiple inlet regions along radial direction. The micromixing efficiency of RSR was studied by adopting the iodide–iodate reaction as working system. The effects of operating conditions (e.g. rotor speed and reagent concentration) on micromixing efficiency (characterized by segregation index XS) were investigated. In addition, the effects of different rotor–stator combinations as well as the amount of rotor- and stator-ring on micromixing efficiency were also considered. Based on the incorporation model, the micromixing time of RSR was estimated to reach about 10−5 s, which is less than that of rotating packed bed (about 10−4 s).

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