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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
Volume 115, Issue 3, Pages 173-193Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2005.10.002
Keywords
stirred vessel; impeller design; impeller types; mixing; CFD; sliding rnesh; fluid mechanics
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The flow pattern and power number in a vessel depend on the impeller blade angle, number of blades, blade width, blade twist, blade thickness, pumping direction and interaction of flow with the vessel wall. Measurements of the power consumption and flow pattern have been carried out in a stirred vessel of 0.5 m diameter for the range of impellers to study the effect of blade shape on the flow pattern. The comparison of the flow pattern (average velocity, turbulent kinetic energy, maximum energy dissipation rate, average shear rate and turbulent normal stress) has been presented on the basis of equal power consumption to characterize the flow generated by different impeller geometries. Comparisons of LDA measurements and CFD predictions have been presented. The good comparison indicates the validity of the CFD model. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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