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(b)
(a)
Rushton impeller
It runs at steady state with continuous flow of reactants and products. Uniform composition and temperature are assumed throughout the reactor. Its exit stream has the same composition as the entire tank volume. Popular when temperature control is critical and when conversion must take place at a constant composition.
Acid-Base Reaction
pLIF
Objectives
To investigate experimentally and computationally the mixing of viscous Newtonian fluids under laminar flow conditions in a CSTR. To examine the effect of inlet/outlet stream positioning and Reynolds number on the dynamics of the mixing process.
Experimental Set-up
Top View
(A)
(C)
(P) 7.5 cm
7.5 cm
Volume=15 Liters Flow Rate = 4.75liters/min Residence Time = 3.15 min Fluid - Glycerin (800 cP) Re=67 (100 RPM) Re=134 (200 RPM) Experimental Techniques: Acid-Base Reactions UV-Fluorescence pLIF Particle Image Velocimetry Computational Fluid Dynamics
24 cm
(a)
(b)
(c)
Re=67
Re=134
2 minutes
7 minutes
12.5 minutes
Time
Re=67
Re=134
2 minutes
7 minutes
12.5 minutes
Time
Re=67
Re=134
2 minutes
7 minutes
12.5 minutes
Time
80 Re 67 (C) 60 Efficiency Re 67 (A) Re 67 (P) Re 134 (C) 40 Re 134 (A) Re 134 (P) 20
Revolutions
16
12
Re 134 (P)
Continuous Stirred Tank - Flow Asymmetry PIV Experiments & CFD (ORCA)
Continuous Stirred Tank - Flow Asymmetry Acid/Base Experiments & CFD (ORCA)
Short Circuiting in Continuous Flow Tanks Dye Experiments versus Particle Tracking (CFD - ORCA)
Batch
Continuous
Dye Experiments
Conclusions
We provided experimental and computational evidence of segregated zones in CSTRs. Asymmetric flow patterns were produced by carefully positioning inlet/outlet flow. Counter-intuitively, toroidal regions were not destroyed at higher Re. A short-circuiting phenomenon was observed both experimentally and computationally.