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Entropic Mixing Characterization in a Single Screw Extruder

  • Kirill Alemaskin
  • , Marco Camesasca
  • , Ica Manas-Zloczower
  • , Miron Kaufman
  • , Eung Kyu Kim
  • , Mark A. Spalding
  • , Walter A. Trumbull
  • , Robert D. Swain
    • Case Western Reserve University
    • The Dow Chemical Company
    • WAMC
    • Chroma Colors

    Research output: Other contribution

    Abstract

    The quality of distributive mixing is evaluated via an entropic measure of color homogeneity. We first illustrate this technique in a numerically built rectangular channel representing the unwounded channel of a single screw extruder. We also apply this method for assessing mixing quality of experimentally obtained samples when mixing a color concentrate in ABS resin in a single screw extruder. We discuss application of this technique in numerical simulations of processing equipment.

    Original languageAmerican English
    StatePublished - Jun 1 2004

    Keywords

    • Color/system homogeneity
    • Distributive mixing
    • Entropy
    • Numerical simulation

    Disciplines

    • Physics

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