EP2286904A1 - Dispositif de mélange statique pour matières pouvant s'écouler - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP2286904A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: webs; flow channel; mixing device; static mixing; mixing
Prior art date: 2009-08-12
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EP09405136A

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Alain Georg

Günther Schwald

Daniel Altenburger

Tobias Vögeli

Silvano Andreoli

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FLUITEC INVEST AG

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2010-08-12 Priority to US12/855,295 priority patent/US8807826B2/en

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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
- B01F23/40—Mixing liquids with liquids; Emulsifying
- B01F23/47—Mixing liquids with liquids; Emulsifying involving high-viscosity liquids, e.g. asphalt
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
- B01F25/40—Static mixers
- B01F25/42—Static mixers in which the mixing is affected by moving the components jointly in changing directions, e.g. in tubes provided with baffles or obstructions
- B01F25/43—Mixing tubes, e.g. wherein the material is moved in a radial or partly reversed direction
- B01F25/431—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor
- B01F25/4316—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor the baffles being flat pieces of material, e.g. intermeshing, fixed to the wall or fixed on a central rod
- B01F25/43161—Straight mixing tubes with baffles or obstructions that do not cause substantial pressure drop; Baffles therefor the baffles being flat pieces of material, e.g. intermeshing, fixed to the wall or fixed on a central rod composed of consecutive sections of flat pieces of material
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F2101/00—Mixing characterised by the nature of the mixed materials or by the application field
- B01F2101/2805—Mixing plastics, polymer material ingredients, monomers or oligomers
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F2215/00—Auxiliary or complementary information in relation with mixing
- B01F2215/04—Technical information in relation with mixing
- B01F2215/0413—Numerical information
- B01F2215/0418—Geometrical information
- B01F2215/0422—Numerical values of angles
- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F2215/00—Auxiliary or complementary information in relation with mixing
- B01F2215/04—Technical information in relation with mixing
- B01F2215/0413—Numerical information
- B01F2215/0418—Geometrical information
- B01F2215/0431—Numerical size values, e.g. diameter of a hole or conduit, area, volume, length, width, or ratios thereof

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the present invention relates to a static mixing device having a tubular, a longitudinal axis and an inner diameter having flow channel with at least one arranged in the flow channel mixing element of a length and a substantially the inner diameter of the flow channel corresponding diameter, each mixing element arranged a plurality of crosswise, with the Longitudinal axis of the flow channel having an angle greater than 0 ° including webs, wherein the webs are arranged in two intersecting, a plurality of mutually parallel, mutually separated by an equal distance planes levels and when projecting the two levels of crowd on a perpendicular to the longitudinal axis lying on the flow channel projection plane adjacent webs have an intermediate distance.
helical mixer static mixer has helically curved, sheet-like, alternately left and right-hand plates or mixing elements, which lined up with intersecting front edges divide the flow of substances to be mixed as they enter each element.
the flow channel is the same in shape and cross section in each of the elements.
the spiral mixer is used in particular for mixing in the turbulent range. In the laminar field, the spiral mixer is only partially usable because of its moderate mixing performance.
a special family of static mixers are the so-called X-mixers. These consist of intersecting webs or plates.
X-mixer On off AT 330 135 B
Known X-mixer has in a tube at least one mixing insert in the form of a webs and slots having plate pair. In each case, the webs of a plate extend through the slots of the other plate crossing therethrough.
the plates are arranged inclined to one another and to the axis of the tube.
the supplied stream of substances to be mixed is split by the webs as a result of the inclination of the plates in terms of time and place offset into partial streams.
the web approaches form strong dead zones, which can unnecessarily increase the residence time and damage critical fluids.
the plates must be positioned with countless welds, which can lead to increased corrosion.
the assembly of the plates is very time consuming and therefore costly.
This known device is used in particular for mixing in the laminar range. In the turbulent range, it is only partially usable because of its high pressure loss.
CSE-X mixer The geometry known as CSE-X mixer is in CH 693 560 A5 described.
This patent shows a device for static mixing, consisting of a tubular housing with at least one mixing insert arranged therein in the form of a webs and slots having plate which is bent.
the plates Preferably, the plates have projections at the web edges and have elliptical peripheral shapes.
Two curved plates, each with the webs of one plate passing through the slits of the other plate, are attached to the protrusions.
the mixing inserts can be positioned one behind the other in the tubular housing, wherein the mixing inserts can touch directly or can also have spacings between the inserts.
the device can mix well with this simple geometry in all flow areas.
the mixing quality is determined only by the number of mixing inserts and their installation position.
the mixed use was known on the market especially as 4-, 6- and 8-bar construction and also has an increasing with increasing number of webs, high pressure loss.
EP 0 154 013 A1 shows a mixing device for plastic melt processing machines.
the mixing element has intersecting webs whose end pieces penetrate the openings of the pipe or a sleeve.
the webs have between the intersection points free spaces and reduce the pressure loss significantly.
the stable welded construction can be significantly distorted at greater temperature differences, which can lead to jamming of the sleeve in the pipe.
WO 2009/000642 A1 shows a mixing device of the type mentioned, in which wie in EP 0 154 013 A1 - The webs have clear spaces between the intersections.
the in WO 2009/000642 A1 in Fig. 3 illustrated 5-bar mixer has an L / D ratio of 1 on. With this geometry, the pressure loss is significantly reduced.
the construction is mechanically very weak and can hardly be expertly welded. Soldered versions are very time-consuming and as a rule barely gap-free.
Micro-chromosomes are understood as the targeted use of Static mixers of different geometries and nominal widths. Basically, first a uniform pre-distribution in the macro mixer must be achieved, then in the micro mixer the best possible fine distribution is achieved. The basics typically used are the CSE-X mixers.
CH 642 564 A5 The investigations in CH 642 564 A5 show that the number of web layers directly influences the layer formation and thus the mixing quality. The more web layers are used, the more layers are produced, which has a positive effect on the mixing quality. However, the pressure loss increases as the number of webs increases.
An ideal geometry according to CH 642 564 A5 six or eight webs and an L / D ratio of 0.75 to 1.5.
the invention has for its object to provide a static mixing device of the type mentioned with further improved mixing effect without substantial increase in pressure drop, which does not have the aforementioned disadvantages of prior art mixers.
the mixing device should preferably be able to be used in the laminar flow range and ensure a largely complete mixing.
the mixing elements should be simple and inexpensive to manufacture, have a significantly reduced pressure drop and mechanically stable can be assembled to mixer bars.
the mixing elements should be able to be positioned as short as possible as well as long designs in the flow channel.
the flow channel should have a round, rectangular, or square cross-section.
the webs are formed waisted between adjacent intersections and in the middle between adjacent intersections, the webs their smallest width and adjacent webs have their greatest distance, and the inner wall of the flow channel adjacent webs between the front edge edges one of Sidecut of the webs corresponding recess having the smallest width to form a largest in the middle between the front edge edges wall distance, wherein the measured over the diameter of the mixing element sum of the smallest widths of the webs is at least 35% of the diameter of the mixing element.
the static mixing device according to the present invention is particularly suitable for mixing media, at least one of which is a flowable, laminar flowing medium, in particular a polymer melt or another highly viscous fluid.
the size z is called pressure loss manifold and represents the ratio of the pressure loss for a static mixer in a round hollow body to the empty tube.
⁇ stands for the dynamic viscosity
w for the flow rate
L for the length
D for the diameter.
the z-factor is a conventional laminar resistance factor in static mixing technology and is regularly used for the comparison of static mixers.
the mixing intensity allows the comparison of static mixers with a uniform diameter D.
the mixing intensity M used as Mischgütemass referred to in the present comparative experiments on the basis of 100% set intensity of the previously applicable as a mixer with the smallest mixing intensity spiral mixer, the disadvantage, however, a high L / D ratio of 25 and consequently a large Length required. This applies to two media to be mixed for a viscosity ratio of 1: 1.
tubular flow channel 10 having a longitudinal axis x and an inner diameter D has two adjoining, a length L having identical mixing elements 12 with a substantially the inner diameter D of the flow channel 10 corresponding Umhüllungs trimmesser.
the two mixing elements 12 are with respect to the longitudinal axis x of the flow channel 10 by a Angle of 90 ° rotated against each other.
the mixing element 12 consists of a plurality of intersecting webs 14A, 14B.
the webs 14A, 14B are arranged in mutually parallel planes separated from each other by an equal distance and forming two intersecting planes A, B.
the two level shares A, B close with the longitudinal axis x of the flow channel an angle ⁇ of 45 ° and with each other an angle of 90 °.
the mixing element 12 shown by way of example in the drawing has four web layers, each with two webs 14A, 14B which intersect alternately, and thus corresponds to a 4-web mixer.
All webs 14A, 14B extend within the mixing element 12 via their respective maximum length which is limited by the end faces of the mixing element 12 and by the inner wall of the flow channel 10, the contour of the webs 14A, 14B close to the wall being the circular cross-section of the wall Flow channel 10 is only partially adapted so that in the near-wall webs 14A, 14B - as in the other webs - only front end portions 22 adjoin the inner wall of the flow channel 10 with little play.
the adjoining the inner wall of the flow channel 10 webs 14A, 14B are provided on the directed against the inner wall side with a recess 24 which extends between the end-side end portions or butt edges 22 with the inner wall of the flow channel 10 and corresponding to the waist of the webs largest Wall distance c have, which in the present case is 50% of the greatest distance between a adjacent bars 14A, 14B.
the webs 14A, 14B have on each provided Junction 16 a notch 18 or the notch depth of the notch 18 corresponding, a projection 20 generating cutback on.
the assembly of the mixing element 12 is carried out in a simple manner of two in Fig. 3 shown web plates 26 with four arranged alternately, the four in Fig. 4 shown webs 14A, 14B corresponding half webs 14A ', 14B' and the four in Fig. 4 illustrated webs 14A, 14B.
two web plates 26 are bent about an axis s at an angle of 90 ° and in the in Fig. 1 shown connected by ends 28 of the two middle web halves 14A ', 14B' by welding together.
four webs 14A, 14B are placed over the notches 18 and projections 20 at the intersections 16 on the curved and welded together web plates 24 and partially welded at the intersections 16.

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AT09405136T ATE553839T1 (de)	2009-08-12	2009-08-12	Statische mischvorrichtung für fliessfähige stoffe
EP09405136A EP2286904B1 (fr)	2009-08-12	2009-08-12	Dispositif de mélange statique pour matières pouvant s'écouler
US12/855,295 US8807826B2 (en)	2009-08-12	2010-08-12	Static mixing device for flowable substances

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