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Romano M, Alberini F, Liu L, Simmons M, Stitt E. 3D-PTV flow measurements of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid blending in a batch reactor in the transitional regime. Chem Eng Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2021.116969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Investigation of Low-Frequency Phenomena within Flow Pattern in Standard Mixing Vessel Induced by Pitched Blade Impeller. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9030545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
An experimental study on the flow pattern dynamics in a standard mixing vessel with radial baffles filled with water and induced by a pitched blade impeller pumping downward is presented. Investigation is mainly focused on detection and analysis of quasi-periodical or periodical low-frequency phenomenon connected with time- and length-scales considerably exceeding the Blade Passage Frequency (hereinafter BPF) and common turbulent eddies. This phenomenon, which is expressed as large-scale mean-flow variations, is generally known as flow Macro-Instability (hereinafter MI). It could break-down just below the liquid surface, or it crashes to the liquid surface and causes its Macro-Swelling (hereinafter MS). Our investigation was based on classical two-dimensional (2D) Particle Image Velocimetry (hereinafter PIV) measurement within 3 selected vertical planes in the vessel and subsequent analysis of the velocity field. The dominant frequencies evaluated in the selected points and overall analysis of the quasi-periodical macro-flow pattern behavior is to be shown. Identification of the quasi-periodical substructures appeared within the flow pattern was performed using the Oscillation Pattern Decomposition (hereinafter OPD) method. Observation of the macro-flow patterns confirmed presence of the macro-flow structures detected within flow pattern at the identical mixing pilot plant setup by previous investigations of the MIs phenomenon, i.e., the primary circulation loop and strong impeller discharge jet located in the lower vessel segment and the strong ascending wall current at the baffle, which break-down below the surface very often. A further important contribution of the presented work is the investigation of both flow pattern within the baffles vicinity and in the middle of the sector far from the baffle, showing a significant difference. Low-frequency periodical (or quasi-periodical) behavior of the investigated macro-structures was qualitatively confirmed by the presented results and it was quantified using the velocity dominant frequencies evaluation, as noted below. This frequency analysis brings insight into the supposed and detected interconnections between dynamics of the adjacent flow structures. Detected different flow patterns within the main plane near the baffles and in the inclined plane reveal a strong influence of the baffle presence to the local vertical flow, especially within the upper part of the vessel. Quite a different flow pattern appears tangentially in front of and behind the baffle, where a wake is revealed, indicating significant influence of the baffle on the local tangential flow. The new findings represent a contribution to better understanding the physical phenomena behind the standard mixing process.
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Ayranci I, Kresta SM. Turbulence damping above the cloud height in suspensions of concentrated slurries in stirred tanks. AIChE J 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.17207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Inci Ayranci
- Department of Chemical Engineering Middle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
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- Department of Chemical Engineering University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon Canada
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Samaras JJ, Ducci A, Micheletti M. Flow, suspension and mixing dynamics in
DASGIP
bioreactors, Part 2. AIChE J 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Jasmin J. Samaras
- Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering University College London London UK
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering University College London London UK
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- Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering University College London London UK
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Fernandes del Pozo D, Liné A, Van Geem KM, Le Men C, Nopens I. Hydrodynamic analysis of an axial impeller in a non‐Newtonian fluid through particle image velocimetry. AIChE J 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- INSA, INRA, CNRSTBI, University of Toulouse Toulouse France
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- INSA, INRA, CNRSTBI, University of Toulouse Toulouse France
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- BIOMATH, Department of Data Analysis and Mathematical ModellingGhent University Ghent Belgium
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Abdulrasaq UK, Ayranci I. The effect of hydrodynamic parameters on the production of Pickering emulsions in a baffled stirred tank. AIChE J 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.16691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Usman K. Abdulrasaq
- Department of Chemical EngineeringMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
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- Department of Chemical EngineeringMiddle East Technical University Ankara Turkey
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de Lamotte A, Delafosse A, Calvo S, Toye D. Analysis of PIV measurements using modal decomposition techniques, POD and DMD, to study flow structures and their dynamics within a stirred-tank reactor. Chem Eng Sci 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2017.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Komrakova A, Liu Z, Machado M, Kresta S. Development of a zone flow model for the confined impeller stirred tank (CIST) based on mean velocity and turbulence measurements. Chem Eng Res Des 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2017.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vlček P, Kysela B, Jirout T, Fořt I. Large eddy simulation of a pitched blade impeller mixed vessel – Comparison with LDA measurements. Chem Eng Res Des 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2016.02.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Bashiri H, Alizadeh E, Bertrand F, Chaouki J. Investigation of turbulent fluid flows in stirred tanks using a non-intrusive particle tracking technique. Chem Eng Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Blais B, Lassaigne M, Goniva C, Fradette L, Bertrand F. A semi-implicit immersed boundary method and its application to viscous mixing. Comput Chem Eng 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2015.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Eng M, Jonsson R, Rasmuson A. Analysis of particle cloud height dynamics in a stirred tank. AIChE J 2015. [DOI: 10.1002/aic.15051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Matthias Eng
- Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Chalmers University of Technology; SE-412 96 Gothenburg Sweden
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- Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Chalmers University of Technology; SE-412 96 Gothenburg Sweden
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- Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Chalmers University of Technology; SE-412 96 Gothenburg Sweden
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Alfaro-Ayala JA, Ayala-Ramírez V, Gallegos-Muñoz A, Uribe-Ramírez AR. Optimal location of axial impellers in a stirred tank applying evolutionary programing and CFD. Chem Eng Res Des 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2015.05.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Montante G, Paglianti A. Fluid dynamics characterization of a stirred model bio-methanation digester. Chem Eng Res Des 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2014.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Machado MB, Kresta SM. The confined impeller stirred tank (CIST): A bench scale testing device for specification of local mixing conditions required in large scale vessels. Chem Eng Res Des 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2013.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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