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CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Volume 99, Issue -, Pages S259-S274Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.24022
Keywords
kinematic similarity; mixing process; non‐ Newtonian fluid; numerical simulation; scale‐ up
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This study validates the scale-up criterion for non-Newtonian fluid mixing in stirred tanks through CFD simulation and experimental verification. The effectiveness of the scale-up criterion is proven by comparing kinematic similarity in non-Newtonian systems. The study also discusses the mechanism of flow regime transformation and demonstrates good performance in terms of scale effect of power consumption, particularly for the CMC2.0 solution system.
The scale-up of mixing processes is crucial for process engineering and power optimization in the chemical industry. Scale-up of fluid mixing in stirred systems becomes a challenging task, especially when using non-Newtonian fluids. In this study, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been applied to simulate the solid-liquid mixing of silica particles with non-Newtonian fluids of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) solutions (1.0, 1.5, and 2.0). The model is validated by experimental measurement of power consumption and solid-phase concentration. The scale-up criterion based on geometric similarity and constant tip speed is proved to be valid for non-Newtonian systems by comparing kinematic similarity. The transformation of flow regime is discussed based on modified Reynolds number and local Reynolds number. The scale-up criterion performs well in terms of the scale effect of power consumption, especially for the CMC2.0 solution system. This study is instructive for the scale-up of non-Newtonian fluid mixing in stirred tanks.
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