Mixing of medium viscosity liquids in a stirred tank with fractal impeller
| Autor: | Amol A. Kulkarni, Gunwant M. Mule |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Work (thermodynamics)
Medium viscosity Chemistry General Chemical Engineering Mixing (process engineering) Thermodynamics 02 engineering and technology General Chemistry Viscous liquid 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Power (physics) Radial velocity Impeller Fractal 020401 chemical engineering 0204 chemical engineering 0210 nano-technology |
| Zdroj: | Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering. 50:914-921 |
| ISSN: | 1608-3431 0040-5795 |
| Popis: | Mixing of viscous liquids in a stirred tank is a daunting task. The present paper explores the possibility of using a fractal impeller for mixing of viscous liquids in a stirred tank. The analysis includes power consumptions characteristics, mixing characteristics and the flow patterns in the stirred tank. Ultrasonic velocity profiler (UVP) was used to measure the local velocities in the stirred tank. Fractal impeller found to exhibit different power consumption characteristics than known for conventional impellers. For the range of viscosities 0.58–0.192 Pa s, mixing time found to be directly proportional to the power consumption per unit mass. The normalised mean radial velocity profiles were found to be independent of fluid viscosities studied in the present work. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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