Mixing is a fundamental process in many industrial applications, where different materials in different phases – liquids, solids, or gases – need to be combined to achieve a uniform composition or desired reaction. Whether in chemical manufacturing, food production, pharmaceuticals, or environmental engineering, effective mixing ensures consistency, efficiency, and quality in the final product.
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can be used to simulate and optimize mixing processes, providing metrics for mixture uniformity, mixing timescales, flow turbulence and particle behaviour, or troubleshooting segregation zones caused by geometry issues or fluid boundary conditions.