Gas Hold up in Multiple Impeller Agitated Vessels

investigation of gas hold up and power consumption in a stirred tank bioreactor using single and dual impeller configurations

a laboratory stirred tank bioreactor with six single and dual-impeller configurations was tested to obtain the optimum operating conditions for future biological processes. six impeller combinations consisting of three basic impeller types, namely rushton turbine (rt), pitched 4blade (p4b) and pitched 2blade (p2b) downward flow were investigated in 1.77 l bioreactor working volume. power consum...

Gas Hold-up Characteristics of an External Loop Airlift Contactor

Conventional airlift contactor (UT-ALC) was modified to improve its performance. The modified system (CDT-ALC) was tested for gas hold-up characteristics. Hydrodynamic environment depends on gas hold-up. New system reported 50 % higher gas hold-up. Linear relation between superficial gas velocity and fractional gas hold-up were developed from experimental data for both the reactors.

Investigation of Gas Hold-up and Bubble Behavior in a Split-Cylinder Airlift Reactor: Pseudo-Plastic Non-Newtonian Fluids

Determination of stationary region boundary in multiple reference frames method in a mixing system agitated by Helical Ribbon Impeller using CFD

The multiple reference frames (MRF) method is the most suitable method tosimulate impeller rotation in mixing systems. Precise determination of stationaryand moving zones in MRF method leads to accurate results in mixing performance.In this research, the entire volume of mixing system was divided into two zones.The kinetic energy values were used to distinguish the zones with differentvelocitie...

Computational Flow Modelling of Dual Rushton Impeller Stirred Vessels

Flow in baffled stirred vessels involve interactions between flow around rotating impeller blades and stationary baffles. When more than one impeller is used, which is quite common in practice, the flow complexity is greatly increased, especially when there is an interaction between the multiple impellers. The extent of interaction depends on relative distances between the impellers and clearan...