Title
Study of the fluid-dynamic behavior of a reduced scale stirred tank through numerical simulation
Other title
Estudio del comportamiento fluido-dinámico de un agitador a escala reducida mediante simulación numérica
Date Issued
01 June 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Centro de Informacion Tecnologica
Abstract
This paper presents the study of the behavior of a stirred tank with hydrofoil impeller, used to mix water with polymetallic particles in the mining industry, through numerical simulation with CFD software. The mixture has an average density of 1.623 kg / m3 and an apparent viscosity of 0.065 kg / m-s, and was modeled as a non-Newtonian homogeneous liquid. The homogeneous Euler-Euler model for free surface biphasic flow in steady state is solved in the simulation, using the k-ϵ turbulence model. The power curve, which correlates the power number (Np) with the Reynolds number (Re), was obtained from the torque curve of the impeller versus its angular velocity between 200 and 700 rpm. It was found that Np asymptotically converges to 0.32 in turbulent regime, a value that is in agreement with experimental results obtained in the present study and those available in the literature.
Start page
37
End page
46
Volume
28
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería, Tecnología
Ingeniería mecánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85020464186
Source
Informacion Tecnologica
ISSN of the container
07168756
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus