Metallic iron nanoparticles intensified production by spinning disk reactor. Optimization and fluid dynamics modelling
The aim of this work was to investigate the optimization of iron nanoparticles production by spinning disk reactor. The influence of the two main operating parameters, i.e. rotational velocity and feed injection point position was investigated through evaluating the particle size distribution, the X-Ray powder diffraction spectra and metallic iron percentage production. Results showed that increasing both rotational velocity and the distance of reagents injection feed points from the disk centre led, to the production of metallic iron nanoparticles characterized by lower mean size.