Abstract
It was found that mixing patterns suddenly changed at an impeller rotation speed in a dished bottom vessel with dual Rushton turbines. Two isolated mixing regions like doughnuts rings generated at a low rotational speed and three isolated mixing regions generated at a higher speed. This phenomenon was observed at the mixing condition in transition area, where the power number with baffle was the same as that without baffle. We found a phenomenon in which the flow state in a dish-bottom agitation tank equipped with a two-stage Rushton turbine blade changes at a certain rotational speed. In the laminar flow region, the isolated stable donut rings were formed even when the rotational speed was changed, and no specific variation in the mixing pattern was observed. In the transition region, the two isolated thick unmixed donut rings do not change even if the rotation speed is changed in the flat bottom vessel, whereas in the dished bottom vessel, when the rotation speed is 450 rpm, the two isolated thick unmixed donut rings are changed to three isolated thin donut rings and then improved mixing. In the dished bottom vessel, in the range of Re=138~178, the isolated ring-shaped unmixed region appeared in three places and the size was also large. But in the flat bottom vessel, the isolated thick ring-shaped unmixed region appeared in two places in Re=116~176 and the size was also small. It appeared in two places, and the size was also small. The condition in which this phenomenon is observed is a transition region, and it was found that when the baffle plate is attached, the power number starts to increase compared to when the baffle plate is not present. In addition, when the mixing Reynolds number exceeded 300 and a slight turbulence was mixed in the flow state, the disconnection of these flow pattern was resolved and the mixture was completely mixed.
2단 Rushton turbine 날개를 장착한 접시바닥형 교반조 내의 유동 상태가 어떤 회전수에서 변화하는 현상을 찾아냈다. 층류 영역에서는 회전수를 변화시켜도 안정적인 도넛 링이 형성되어 혼합 패턴에 특이한 변동은 관찰되지 않았다. 전이영역에서의 평바닥형 교반조에서는 회전수에 변화를 주어도 두꺼운 2개의 미혼합 도넛 링에 변화가 없는 반면, 접시바닥형 교반조에서는 회전수가 450 rpm이 되면 두꺼운 2개의 미혼합 도넛 링이 아주 얇은 3개의 도넛 링으로 바뀌어 혼합이 개선되었다. 접시바닷형 교반조에서는 Re=138~178의 영역에서 링 모양의 미혼합 영역이 3곳에서 나타났고 그 크기도 컸지만, 평바닥형 교반조에서는 Re=116~176에서 링모양의 미혼합 영역은 2곳에서 나타났으며 그 크기도 작았다. 이러한 현상이 관찰되는 조건은 전이영역으로, 방해판을 부착하였을 때가 방해판이 없을 때와 비교하여 동력수가 커지기 시작하는 영역임을 알 수 있었다. 또한 교반 레이놀즈수가 300을 넘어 유동 상태에 약간의 난류가 섞이게 되면, 이 같은 흐름 양상의 단절이 해소되어 완전히 혼합되었다.