An effect of fractal baffles and impellers with double stage 4-blade rushton turbine to fluid flow behaviour in stirred tank
The stirred tank is widely used in many industries to obtain the desired type of fluid mixing. In the context of mixing process, two different fluids and have a different properties will mix in a single equipment to produce another fluid with a new property. In this research, a new approach of stirr...
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Trans Tech Publications Inc
2014
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.660.816 http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.660.816 http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/6365/1/An_Effect_of_Fractal_Baffles_and_Impellers_with_Double_Stage.pdf |
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| Summary: | The stirred tank is widely used in many industries to obtain the desired type of fluid
mixing. In the context of mixing process, two different fluids and have a different properties will
mix in a single equipment to produce another fluid with a new property. In this research, a new
approach of stirred tank which is containing a new design of baffles and impellers was proposed for
fluid mixing. The new design of baffles and impellers that proposed here are used a fractal pattern
for both parts in the stirred tank. Implementing a fractal pattern for baffles and impellers in stirred
tank believe will influence the flow characteristic inside the stirred tank, hence will improve a
mixing performance. In order to investigate the kinds of flow properties, a Particle Image
Velocimetry (PIV) technique with 1 μm seeding particle was used. Four configurations were tested
which are normal baffles and normal impellers, normal baffles and fractal impellers, fractal baffles
and normal impellers, and the last configuration is fractal baffles and fractal impellers. In this study,
dual Rushton impellers with 4 blades were used with the configurations mentioned. The result
shows the significant flow field capture by PIV measurement on each configuration. By using
fractal impeller some vortex are shown in the tank and high velocity vector on flow field compare
with normal impeller while normal baffles gives high velocity vector depends on the configuration
were used. From the results, it was showed that the fractal design can give a certain level of mixing
efficiency in stirred tank. The PIV technique also gives good flow visualization in order to
determine the flow pattern in stirred tank with a new concept of baffles and impellers. |
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