Solid-liquid flow in stirred tanks: Euler-Euler/RANS modeling

P Shi, R Rzehak - Chemical Engineering Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Stirred tanks are widely used equipment in process engineering. CFD simulations of such
equipment on industrial scales are feasible within the Euler-Euler/RANS approach. In this …

Analysis of mixing efficiency in a stirred reactor using computational fluid dynamics

A Ramírez-López - Symmetry, 2024 - mdpi.com
Lead recycling is very important for reducing environmental pollution risks and damages.
Liquid lead is recovered from exhaust batteries inside stirred batch reactors; the process …

Simulation of non-spherical particles stirring process in stirred tanks

Z Li, Y Wu, Y Wang, K Li, P Zhang - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
There are few studies on the dependence of particle suspension and dispersion on particle
shape in stirred tanks. Most of the non-spherical particle problems are converted into …

Multi-objective optimization of key parameters of stirred tank based on ANN-CFD

Y Wu, Z Li, B Zhang, H Chen, Y Sun - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to balance the maximum mixing efficiency and minimum energy consumption of
stirred tanks, this study proposes a four-stage optimization framework, integrating all: CFD …

Improved mixing of solid suspensions in stirred tanks with interface baffles: CFD simulation and experimental validation

AK Pukkella, R Vysyaraju, V Tammishetti, B Rai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
Mixing is an important unit operation in the process industry. Ensuring homogeneity of slurry
or emulsion is critical for subsequent processing or to improve the efficacy of reactions, and …

A solid-liquid mixing reactor based on swirling flow technology

Z Yang, T Holemans, B Lagrain, B Sels… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solid-liquid mixing is often applied in the chemical industry to keep solids in suspension for,
amongst others, crystallization, adsorption, heterogeneous catalysis, etc. The most widely …

Numerical simulation of solid-liquid mixing characteristics in a stirred tank with fractal impellers

D Gu, C Cheng, Z Liu, Y Wang - Advanced Powder Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
The hydrodynamics of solid-liquid mixing process in a stirred tank with four pitched-blade
impellers, fractal 1 impellers, and fractal 2 impellers were investigated using computational …

Using flow visualization and numerical methods to investigate the suspension of highly concentrated slurries with the coaxial mixers

P Mishra, F Ein-Mozaffari - Powder Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The major purpose of this investigation was aimed at assessing the mixing capability of a
coaxial system comprised of a central pitched blade impeller with a high rotating speed and …

Numerical investigation on mixing characteristics of floating and sinking particles in a stirred tank with fractal impellers

D Gu, M Ye, X Wang, Z Liu - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
The hydrodynamics of floating and sinking particles mixing process in a stirred tank with four
pitched-blade impellers and fractal impellers were investigated employing computational …

3-D CFD-PBM coupled modeling and experimental investigation of struvite precipitation in a batch stirred reactor

SE Mousavi, MR Choudhury, MS Rahaman - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
A general model has been developed to elucidate the precipitation of struvite crystals in a
batch stirred tank reactor. The model, which evaluates reactor performance, also predicts …