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http://dx.doi.org/10.3795/KSME-B.2003.27.9.1290

The study of Flow Structure in a Mixing Tank for Different Reynolds Numbers Using LES  

Yoon, Hyun-Sik (부산대학교 첨단조선공학센터)
Chun, Ho-Hwan (부산대학교 첨단조선공학센터)
Ha, Man-Yeong (부산대학교 공과대학 기계공학부)
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Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B / v.27, no.9, 2003 , pp. 1290-1298 More about this Journal
Abstract
The stirred tank reactor is one of the most commonly used devices in industry for achieving mixing and reaction. Here we report on results obtained from the large eddy simulations of flow inside the tank performed using a spectral multi-domain technique. The computations were driven by specifying the impeller-induced flow at the blade tip radius. Stereoscopic PlY measurements (Hill et al. $^{(1)}$) along with the theoretical model of the impeller-induced flow (Yoon et al. $^{(2)}$) were used in defining the impeller-induced flow as superposition of circumferential, jet and tip vortex pair components. Large eddy simulation of flow in a stirred tank was carried out for the three different Reynolds numbers of 4000, 16000 and 64000. The effect of different Reynolds numbers is well observed in both instantaneous and time averaged flow fields. The instantaneous and mean vortex structures are identified by plotting an isosurfaces of swirling strength for all Reynolds numbers. The Reynolds number dependency of the non-dimensional eddy viscosity, resolved scale and subgrid scale dissipations is clearly shown in this study.
Keywords
Rushton Turbine; Turbulence; Large Eddy Simulation; Swirling Strength; Tip Vortices;
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