GU Deyin, LIU Zuohua, ZHANG Jiyizhe, et al. Chaotic mixing and dispersing characteristics of gas-liquid two phases in stirred tank[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (2): 625-632.
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GU Deyin, LIU Zuohua, ZHANG Jiyizhe, et al. Chaotic mixing and dispersing characteristics of gas-liquid two phases in stirred tank[J]. CIESC Journal, 2018, (2): 625-632.DOI: 10.11949/j.issn.0438-1157.20171208.
Chaotic mixing and dispersing characteristics of gas-liquid two phases in stirred tank
Traditional Rushton rigid impeller is often applied to gas-liquid dispersion process in industrial stirred tank reactors. However
poor gas dispersion capacity is occurred behind impeller blades due to easy formation of gas cavitation. In order to improve gas-liquid mixing performance
a rigid-flexible impeller was proposed to intensify gas dispersion process. Time series data of pressure fluctuation were recorded by LabVIEW and the largest Lyapunov exponent (LLE) was calculated by Matlab to analyze chaotic characteristics of gas-liquid mixing behavior
while relative power demand
total gas holdup
and local gas holdup were measured simultaneously in stirred tank with a rigid impeller or a rigid-flexible impeller. Results showed that
under condition of power consumption at 170 W and gas flowrate at 10 m3·h-1
rigid-flexible impeller could strengthen energy transfer and enhance chaotic mixing through rigid-flexible-flow interaction. LLE value of rigid-flexible impeller system was 8.89% higher than that of rigid impeller system. Rigid-flexible impeller could improve relative power demand
total gas holdup
local gas holdup
and more homogeneously gas dispersion
compared to rigid impeller at the same operating conditions.