화학공학소재연구정보센터
Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol.12, No.5, 610-614, 2004
Numerical study of solid-liquid two-phase flow in stirred tanks with Rushton impeller - (II) Prediction of critical impeller speed
The critical impeller speed, N-JS, for complete suspension of solid particles in the agitated solid-liquid two-phase system in baffled stirred tanks with a standard Rushton impeller is predicted using the computational procedure proposed in Part I. Three different numerical criteria are tested for determining the critical solid suspension. The predicted N-JS is compared with those obtained from several empirical correlations. It is suggested the most reasonable criterion for determining the complete suspension of solid particles is the positive sign of simulated axial velocity of solid phase at the location where the solid particles are most difficult to be suspended.