Investigation of the mixing hydrodynamics of two-component solution with the three-blade agitator

Abstract

The studies were performed using Ansys Fluent software. The Manninen’s multi-phase model and the standard k-epsilon turbulence model were employed for numerical calculations of hydrodynamics; the non-continuous operating mode of a reactor was adopted. A three-blade agitator was used for mixing of the two process media. In the current study, a numerical simulation of the hydrodynamics was carried out under various operating modes of the mixing device. The data on the volume fractions distribution of process media and the speed distribution of flows in the reactor have been obtained and analysed.