Abstract
AbstractMixing in a typical experimental setup to measure nucleation rates in precipitation processes was assessed. To determine these rates as a function of the driving force for concomitant polymorphs, it is necessary to perform these experiments at constant supersaturation. Therefore, the mixing time must be shorter than the time for the first nuclei to appear. For fast precipitation processes complete mixing has to be achieved within milliseconds. The mixing performance of a wide angle Y‐mixer was studied to see whether this is possible. An analysis of characteristic mixing times as a function of the average energy dissipation rate showed that turbulent dispersion of the feed streams determined the rate of the mixing process. The characteristic time for turbulent dispersion was of the same order as an arbitrarily set residence time in the Y‐mixer. However, CFD simulations of the flow showed large variation in the spatial distribution of the dissipation rate and revealed unsatisfying macromixing.
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