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[_luis]

Dear Experts:

Does anyone have an experience designing or working with static mixers with two-phase flow? I am currently working on a static mixer combining two streams (one is water, the other is some alcohol). Simulation says that, upon mixing, they form around 1% vapor since the alcohol stream is saturated and the water stream is hotter (I know that simulations might just be crunched and may not necessarily reflect real life application, but I thought that this might be a valid concern).

We decided to orient the static mixer upward to ensure venting of the gases. The vendor (Sulzer) provided a datasheet which only considered the liquid portion of the total stream.

In my view, this is already sufficient since the vapor is minimal and vented anyway, but I would like to know if anyone encountered any issues with this?

Luis

[Bobby Strain]

So, why not increase the pressure just a bit?

 

Bobby

[_luis]

Now that you mentioned it, I realized it's a simple solution!

I must've been obsessing about the specifics instead of the bigger picture.

Thanks Bobby!