%0 Journal Article
%T Mixing in shear thinning fluids
%A Ameur
%A H.
%A Bouzit
%A M.
%J Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
%D 2012
%I Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering
%R 10.1590/S0104-66322012000200015
%X in the present study, a cfd characterization of the flow generated by curved-blade impellers in a cylindrical unbaffled vessel was carried out. the tank diameter was 300 mm, with a flat bottom. the liquid height was equal to the vessel diameter. the fluids simulated have a shear thinning behavior. analyses concern the effect of the impeller speed, the fluid rheology and the number of impeller blades on the induced flow patterns and the power consumption. the predictions were compared with literature data and a satisfactory agreement was found.
%K stirred tanks
%K curved-blade impeller
%K shear thinning fluid
%K number of impeller blades.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0104-66322012000200015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en