Operational and design study of RIM machines

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2002

Authors

Ricardo J. Santos (Author) Other; A. M. Teixeira (Author) Other; Mário R. P. F. N. da Costa (Author) FEUP; José C. B. Lopes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: International Polymer Processing

Vol. 17

Pages: 387-394

ISSN: 0930-777X

Publisher: Walter De Gruyter

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 28 Citations

Scopus - 31 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Chemical engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-M7E

DOI: 10.3139/217.1707

Abstract (EN): Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA) data is presented and used to characterize the dynamic behaviour of the flow field in a RIM machine, and the main flow patterns and mixing mechanisms are examined and established. A two-dimensional CFD model is used for the simulation of mass transfer and chemical reaction in the mixing chamber of a RIM machine. Some design and operational parameters are considered and its influence on the mixing behaviour of a RIM machine is analysed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8