Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Mixing for Dislocated Blades in a Stirred Tank

2011 ◽  
Vol 354-355 ◽  
pp. 559-563
Author(s):  
Lei Shi ◽  
Shen Jie Zhou ◽  
Feng Ling Yang ◽  
Fan Jin Hu

Mixing efficiency is an important parameter in the design of many industrial processes in stirred tanks. In this study, CFD technology was used to simulate the mixing process inside the stirred tank with dislocated blades and standard turbine. Calculations were performed to study the effects of agitator speed and the configuration of impellers on mixing efficiency. The results showed that the flow field in the stirred tank with the dislocated blades is better than the standard turbine, and the flow number of the dislocated blades had been improved while the power number had been reduced. According to calculation results of Wr, we found the mixing efficiency of the dislocated blades had been improved about 4 times than that of standard turbine.

2015 ◽  
Vol 773-774 ◽  
pp. 337-342
Author(s):  
Bukhari Manshoor ◽  
Muhammad Faiq Mdsaufi ◽  
Izzuddin Zaman ◽  
Amir Khalid

This paper presents tool for analysis of CFD adapted for flows in multi-staged stirred vessels with fractal pattern baffled for industrial. In order to develop a good mixing process model for stirred tanks, several way have been investigated by using the computational fluid dynamic. Implementing fractal design into stirred tank’s baffle and impeller are believed to influence the flow characteristic inside the stirred tank. The mixing process will be conduct by using multi-stage stirred tanks. Hence, the study is to simulate a fractal pattern baffled stirred vessels with fractal base of impeller. Four models with a new concept and different design of stirred tank have been introduced and studied. The multi-stages stirred tanks will adapted with fractal base pattern concept. The simulation is carry out by using the standard k-ε turbulence model. The results have been analysis in order to prove that which one of that model is the most effective in mixing. The flows produced in stirred tank are different and relevant with each model. The velocity profiles also give a relevant and quite impressive result by each model. At the end, the results will be examined and compared with each data that use a common type of baffle and impeller design.


2013 ◽  
Vol 732-733 ◽  
pp. 432-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zong Rui Hao ◽  
Juan Xu ◽  
Hai Yan Bie ◽  
Zhong Hai Zhou

Flow characteristics of stirred tanks with different structures were calculated by taking RNG k-ε model as the turbulent flow model. The results showed that at the same rotational speed, a large number of axial and radial vortexes were formed in the stirred tank with the baffle. The velocity in the blade area was high, and it decreased rapidly with the increasing distance to the blade. The double peak area of the radial velocity was formed in the stirred tank with baffle, and the high and low speed cycles were obtained in the cross-section. The baffle increased not only the axial circulation of the liquid in the tank but also the radial circulation, which help to mix the liquid.


Author(s):  
Richard Bergman ◽  
Alexander Efremov ◽  
Pierre Woehl

Mixing of fluids is a common and often critical step in microfluidic systems. In typical large scale processes turbulence greatly speeds the mixing process. At the mini and micro-scales, however, the flow is laminar and the benefits of turbulent mixing are not present. Mixing at the mini- and micro-scales tends to become a more highly engineered process of bringing fluids together in predictable ways to achieve a predetermined and acceptable level of mixing. This paper summarizes a numerical analysis of the mixing performance of a vaned circular micromixer. A newly developed mixing metric suitable for reacting fluids is developed for this study. Applying the basic steps of stretching, cutting, and stacking to effect mixing, a useful micromixer is analyzed numerically for its mixing efficiency. A parametric study of flow and viscosity indicate that a flow Re of 12 or higher is sufficient to achieve effective and rapid mixing in this device.


2014 ◽  
Vol 501-504 ◽  
pp. 2355-2359
Author(s):  
Zhi Zhong Li ◽  
De Gao Tang ◽  
Wei Wei Li ◽  
Zhi Fang Yan

To reduce the terrorist bombings and the occasional blast damage to people and buildings, a style of steel-sandstone-steel assembly blast walls was designed. To analysis the protective effectiveness of blast walls against the blast wave, The concept of overpressure Protective effects coefficient was proposed. The computational model of assembly blast walls was Established and three-dimensional numerical simulation for the assembly blast walls by using ALE and JWL state equation for the product of explosive detonation was Carried out. Empirical formula calculation results and the test results in the Ref are in good agreement. Using this model the protective effects for blast walls of steel plate with sand, blast walls of steel plate with concrete,concrete blast walls and was studied by 3D numerical simulation. The analyses indicate that protective effectiveness of steel-sandstone-steel blast walls was better than the concrete blast walls and the steel-concrete-steel blast walls.


2015 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignacio J. Moncho-Esteve ◽  
Guillermo Palau-Salvador ◽  
Wernher Brevis ◽  
Markus O. Vaas ◽  
Petra A. López-Jiménez

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 4990
Author(s):  
Boris Benderskiy ◽  
Peter Frankovský ◽  
Alena Chernova

This paper considers the issues of numerical modeling of nonstationary spatial gas dynamics in the pre-nozzle volume of the combustion chamber of a power plant with a cylindrical slot channel at the power plant of the mass supply surface. The numerical simulation for spatial objects is based on the solution conjugate problem of heat exchange by the control volume method in the open integrated platform for numerical simulation of continuum mechanics problems (openFoam). The calculation results for gas-dynamic and thermal processes in the power plant with a four-nozzle cover are presented. The analysis of gas-dynamic parameters and thermal flows near the nozzle cover, depending on the canal geometry, is given. The topological features of the flow structure and thermophysical parameters near the nozzle cap were studied. For the first time, the transformation of topological features of the flow structure in the pre-nozzle volume at changes in the mass channel’s geometry is revealed, described, and analyzed. The dependence of the Nusselt number in the central point of stagnation on the time of the power plants operation is revealed.


Author(s):  
Lingjiu Zhou ◽  
Zhengwei Wang ◽  
Yongyao Luo ◽  
Guangjie Peng

The 3-D unsteady Reynolds averaged Navier-tokes equations based on the pseudo-homogeneous flow theory and a vapor fraction transport-equation that accounts for non-condensable gas are solved to simulate cavitating flow in a Francis turbine. The calculation results agreed with experiment data reasonably. With the decrease of the Thoma number, the cavity first appears near the centre of the hub. At this stage the flow rate and the efficiency change little. Then the cavity near the centre of the hub grows thick and the cavities also appear on the blade suction side near outlet. With further reduce of the Thoma number the cavitation extends to the whole flow path, which causes flow rate and efficiency decrease rapidly.


2013 ◽  
Vol 631-632 ◽  
pp. 518-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Li ◽  
Min You

Owing to the lack of a good theory method to obtain the accurate equivalent elastic constants of hexagon honeycomb sandwich structure’s core, the paper analyzed mechanics performance of honeycomb sandwich structure’s core and deduced equivalent elastic constants of hexagon honeycomb sandwich structure’s core considering the wall plate expansion deformation’s effect of hexagonal cell. And also a typical satellite sandwich structure was chose as an application to analyze. The commercial finite element program ANSYS was employed to evaluate the mechanics property of hexagon honeycomb core. Numerical simulation analysis and theoretical calculation results show the formulas of equivalent elastic constants is correct and also research results of the paper provide theory basis for satellite cellular sandwich structure optimization design.


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