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Investigations regarding the measurement of relevant flow conditions for droplet deformation and disruption in high pressure homogenization with orifices and scalability of mechanisms

关于测量带有孔口的高压均质化中液滴变形和破裂的相关流动条件以及机制的可扩展性的研究

基本信息

批准号：
265685259
负责人：
Professorin Dr.-Ing. Heike Karbstein
金额：
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依托单位：
Bereich I: Lebensmittelverfahrenstechnik
依托单位国家：
德国
项目类别：
Research Grants
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
德国
起止时间：
2014-12-31 至 2020-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/265685259?language=en
关键词：
Investigations regarding measurement relevant flow

项目摘要

High pressure homogenization is a well established industrial process for the production of emulsions containing droplets within a submicron range. This technology has been applied for many decades. However, mechanisms leading to droplet breakup are still not completely understood. As a consequence, the optimization of process and disruption units is still realized on a trial and error basis. Reasons for this are the complex flow field inside a disruption unit due to high velocity gradients and fluctuations as well as the presence of multiple phases. Additionally, access to small geometries is limited by process conditions such as high pressures. These cirsumstances set high demands on inline measurement techniques. The aim of this research project is to characterize flow conditions and physical mechanisms of droplet breakup during high pressure homogenization under realistic conditions. Applying the optical measurement technique µPIV allows the realization of this objective with high pre-cision. Initially, the proposed project will focus only on single-phase, Newtonian, non-cavitating fluids. After flow characterization, droplet breakup will be investigated using single droplets (dispersed phase fraction << 1 %) without surface-active additives. However, spatial and temporal resolution limit the characterization of the complete process on a realistic microscale. Therefore, specific questions are investigated in scaled up devices (M = 5 und 50). This procedure allows verifying the scalability of droplet breakup. The investigations on a realistic microscale (M = 1, orifice diameter d = 0.2 mm, resp.) as well as a scaled up system of M = 5 (d = 1 mm) will be conducted by the KIT in Karlsruhe. Years of experience in emulsification technology will be used to systematically study flow conditions and droplet breakup. Parameters that will be varied are the Reynolds number, geometry of the orifice, size, and starting position of the droplets. Material parameters such as viscosity of each phase and surface tension will be changed likewise. By utilizing their knowhow in flow measurement techniques, the UniBw in Munich will focus on investigating selected aspects within a large scale system (M = 50, orifice diameter d = 10 mm, resp.). Here, the main emphasis lies on a detailed acquisition of droplet disruption mechanisms at selected parameters as well as describing the droplets' shape and dynamics. This research project will build the foundation to predict resulting droplet size distributions from boundary conditions like material, process and geometrical parameters. Therefore, a function describing the disruption of droplets will be developed. In the long term, this will help to improve high pressure homogenization processes in a targeted way regarding selectivity, product yield as well as energy input.

高压均质是一种成熟的工业工艺，用于生产含有亚微米范围内的液滴的乳液。这项技术已经应用了几十年。然而，导致液滴破裂的机制仍不完全清楚。因此，过程和中断单元的优化仍然是在试错的基础上实现的。其原因是由于高速度梯度和涨落以及多相的存在，破裂单元内部的流场非常复杂。此外，接触到小几何形状受到高压等工艺条件的限制。这些情况对在线测量技术提出了很高的要求。本研究项目的目的是在现实条件下表征高压均质过程中液滴破碎的流动条件和物理机理。应用光学测量技术µPIV可以高精度地实现这一目标。最初，拟议的项目将只专注于单相牛顿非空化流体。在流动表征之后，将使用不含表面活性添加剂的单个液滴(分散相分数为1%)来研究液滴的破碎。然而，空间和时间分辨率限制了在现实的微观尺度上对整个过程的表征。因此，在放大的设备(M=5和50)中研究特定问题。通过此过程可以验证液滴破碎的可扩展性。在实际微尺度(M=1，孔口直径d=0.2 mm)上进行了实验研究。以及M=5(d=1 mm)的放大系统将由卡尔斯鲁厄的工具包进行。将利用多年的乳化技术经验来系统地研究流动条件和液滴破碎。变化的参数包括雷诺数、孔口的几何形状、液滴的大小和起始位置。各相的粘度和表面张力等材料参数也会发生同样的变化。通过利用他们在流量测量技术方面的专业知识，慕尼黑的UniBw将专注于研究大范围系统(M=50，孔口直径d=10 mm，分别为M=50，孔口直径d=10 mm)中选定的方面。在这里，主要重点是详细了解选定参数下的液滴破坏机制，以及描述液滴的形状和动力学。本研究项目将为根据材料、工艺和几何参数等边界条件预测得到的液滴尺寸分布奠定基础。因此，将开发描述液滴破裂的函数。从长远来看，这将有助于以有针对性的方式改进高压均质过程，包括选择性、产品产量和能量投入。