I am wanting to test a two phase liquid reaction (aqueous & organic; densities 1.1 & 0.
in flow mode i.e. inside a long tube approx. 10 mm dia. Is it necessary to put in static mixer elements or would just packing the tube with inert beads (glass / ceramic etc.) or some sort of inert packing do as well?
The fluids are corrosive & hence getting static mixer elements is expensive. Hastealloy & teflon are my only options.
As it is, getting static mixer elements for small dia tubes seems hard. Can I compensate by just having high velocities i.e. Reynolds numbers and hoping that the resultant turbulence will get us mixing?
Any ideas on if this can work? If not, any other ideas?