Effects of operation parameters on particle mixing performance in a horizontal high shear mixer.

It is defined as follows HT <math overflow="scroll" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mi>M</mi><mo>=</mo><mfrac><msubsup><mi> </mi><mn>0</mn><mn>2</mn></msubsup><mo>-</mo><msup><mi> </mi><mn>2</mn></msup><msubsup><mi> </mi><mn>0</mn><mn>2</mn></msubsup><mo>-</mo><msubsup><mi> </mi><mi>r</mi><mn>2</mn></msubsup></mfrac></math> ht Graph (3)where HT <math overflow="scroll" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><msubsup><mi> </mi><mn>0</mn><mn>2</mn></msubsup><mo>=</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>-</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>)</mo></math> ht and HT <math overflow="scroll" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow><msubsup><mi> </mi><mi>r</mi><mn>2</mn></msubsup><mo>=</mo><mrow><mrow><mi>p</mi><mo>(</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>-</mo><mi>p</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mo>/</mo><mi>N</mi></mrow></mrow></math> ht represent the variances of the completely segregated and perfectly mixed states, respectively. Keywords: discrete element method; high shear mixer; Lacey index; mixing efficiency; particle mixing EN discrete element method high shear mixer Lacey index mixing efficiency particle mixing 1083 1094 12 11/02/22 20221001 NES 221001 1 Introduction Particle mixing is a critically important unit operation in the manufacturing of a wide range of high quality products, such as agricultural fertilizer ([28]), pharmaceutical powder ([20]), animal feed ([13]), food products ([8]) and mineral raw materials ([16]). [Extracted from the article]