Effect of impeller type and rotational speed on flow behavior in fully baffled mixing tank

This paper reports the results of numerical study undertaken to investigate the effect of different impeller types and rotational speed on velocity field in mixing tank. The hydrodynamic of the flow in standard mixing tank generated by two impellers, Chemineer S-4 impeller (radial flow), Pitched Blade impeller (axial flow) is studied. Using ANSYS FLUENT v15.4. is used to solve the continuity and momentum equations incorporating the RNG K-ε turbulence model with the standard wall function available in Fluent. The multiple frames of reference (MFR) model is used for impeller modeling. The results show that the mixing performance of Chemineer impeller is better than the Pitched blade impeller at the same level of rotation speed.