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Graetz number Gz<br />

Graetz number Gz<br />

Figure 5.60 Graetz number as a function of the product of Re, Pr, Br, and Eu<br />

The flow length as a function of injection pressure is shown in Figure 5.58 for LDPE as<br />

an example. The Graetz numbers calculated from the experimentally determined spiral<br />

lengths at different operating conditions and resins are plotted as functions of the product<br />

Re <strong>•</strong> Pr <strong>•</strong> Br <strong>•</strong> Eu as shown in Figure 5.60. As can be seen from this figure, the correlation<br />

of the Graetz number with this product is good and thus for any particular material the<br />

spiral length can be predicted from the relationship<br />

(5.101)<br />

Figure 5.61 shows the good agreement between measured and calculated spiral lengths<br />

for the experimentally investigated resins.<br />

Sample Calculation<br />

The example given below shows how the flow length of a given resin can be calculated from<br />

Equation 5.101: W= 10mm,H=2 mm,p= 1.06g/cm 3 ,cp = 2kj/kg<strong>•</strong> K,X = 1.5 W/K<strong>•</strong> m,<br />

TM = 270 0 C, Tw = 70 0 C and G = 211.5 kg/h.<br />

The melt viscosity rja is calculated from<br />

LDPE HDPE<br />

Graetz number Gz<br />

Re Pr Br Eu Re Pr Br Eu<br />

PP<br />

Re Pr Br Eu<br />

Graetz number Gz<br />

PS<br />

Re Pr Br Eu

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