Effects of increased viscosity on micromixing in rotor–stator spinning disk reactors

In this paper, micromixing is investigated in two Spinning Disk Reactors for liquids with increased viscosity. Glycerol and CMC were used as viscosity modifiers characterization was performed by means of the Villermaux–Dushman method. For first time, effects increasing pH bulk solution leading to disproportionation reaction iodine are successfully modeled. A kinetic model proposed account presence glycerol a co-solvent. Micromixing efficiency decreases viscosity, yet results line proportionality Kolmogorov timescale. The can be significantly using modifier; however, due viscoelastic behavior CMC, effective high shear environment inside reactor. This leads much higher efficiency. It shown that times estimated provided rheology known.