Simultaneous Characterization of Dispersive and Distributive Mixing in a Single Screw Extruder

Kirill Alemaskin, Ica Manas-Zloczower, Miron Kaufman

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    Abstract

    Simultaneous characterization of dispersive and distributive mixing in a single screw extruder was discussed. A mixing index based on the calculation of Shannon entropy for different size fractions of the minor component present in the system was developed. It was found that operating the extruder at negative throttle ratio improved mixing efficiency.

    Original languageAmerican English
    StatePublished - Oct 14 2003

    Keywords

    • Dispersive mixing
    • Distributive mixing
    • Numerical simulations
    • Renyi entropy

    Disciplines

    • Physics

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