AZ Inline Static Mixers

The AZ Inline Static Mixer is a new and novel geometrical approach in boundary layer control for motionless mixing. The AZ mixing element configuration has a circular core with extended lobes around the circumference of the circular core. The cross-sectional area of the AZ mixing element is slightly less than the internal diameter of the tubing size. The large cross-sectional area will generate strong streamwise vortices with a minimum of pressure loss. The AZ Inline Static Mixer will accommodate variable flow rates without compromising the mixing effectiveness.

In operation, the liquid or slurry entering the AZ mixing element is a smooth transition from laminar to turbulent flow. The flow stream is converted into an axial and radial flow pattern providing strong vortice structures. The radial flow issuing from the lobes will interact with the axial flow generating intense turbulence. The vortice structures produced by the radial flow will interact with the axial flow generating intense turbulence. The downstream vortices will overlap each other providing increased entrainment, uniform mixing and dispersion of two or more liquids in a short distance.

The downstream shear layer is asymmetric and changes constantly as the liquid mixture travels in the piping system. This axis switching and overlapping is called "Vortex Induction."

A conventional static mixer is a series of fixed, helical elements enclosed in a tubular housing. They are designed to produce patterns of flow divisions.

Fig. 1 Illustrates AZ Inline Static Mixer design compactness. (Model AZ-ISM-3)

  Fig. 2 Illustrates overlapping vortices.