Effect of Liquid Level and Agitator Pumping Direction on Turbulent Blend Times
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-2014
Publication Source
Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering
Abstract
With the impeller placed low in the tank (C/T = 1/3), turbulent blend times produced by radial-flow and down-pumping axial-flow impellers generally increase slowly with increasing liquid level in shorter batches (Z/T < 1), but increase dramatically in taller batches (Z/T > 1). The turbulent blend times produced by up-pumping axial-flow impellers increase slowly with increasing liquid level across the entire spectrum of liquid levels that were studied (up to Z/T = 1.75). This can lead to down-pumping blend times that are twice as long as those with up-pumping operation. These differences can be explained by differences in the velocity field in the agitated vessel. Further, the down-pumping mode can produce blend times in tall tanks that are comparable to those of the up-pumping mode if the down-pumping impeller is placed high in the batch such that its discharge flow is directed into the bulk of the liquid.
Inclusive pages
643–647
ISBN/ISSN
0008-4034
Copyright
Copyright © 2014, John Wiley & Sons
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Volume
92
Peer Reviewed
yes
Issue
4
eCommons Citation
Myers, Kevin J.; Jones, Jeremy K.; Janz, Eric E.; and Fasano, Julian B., "Effect of Liquid Level and Agitator Pumping Direction on Turbulent Blend Times" (2014). Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications. 114.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/cme_fac_pub/114
