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机械工程学报 ›› 2021, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (20): 244-253.doi: 10.3901/JME.2021.20.244

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机械搅拌槽内非牛顿流体内流特性研究

方玉建1, 张敏2, 孙先朋2, 张金凤2, 瞿晔飞1   

  1. 1. 江苏大学京江学院 镇江 212000;
    2. 江苏大学国家水泵及系统工程技术研究中心 镇江 212000
  • 收稿日期:2020-03-05 修回日期:2021-03-18 出版日期:2021-10-20 发布日期:2021-12-15
  • 通讯作者: 张金凤(通信作者),女,1981年出生,博士,研究员。主要研究方向为流体机械水力设计优化及内部流动特性。E-mail:zhangjinfeng@ujs.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:方玉建,男,1976年出生,博士,讲师。主要研究方向为流体机械水力设计优化及内部流动特性。E-mail:eugenef@126.com
  • 基金资助:
    国家重点研发计划(2018YFB06061001)和江苏省重点研发计划(BE2019009-1)资助项目。

Study on Internal Flow Characteristics of Non-Newtonian Fluids in Mechanical Stirred Tank

FANG Yujian1, ZHANG Min2, SUN Xianpeng2, ZHANG Jinfeng2, QU Yefei1   

  1. 1. Jingjiang College, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212000;
    2. Research Center of Fluid Machinery Engineering and Technology, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212000
  • Received:2020-03-05 Revised:2021-03-18 Online:2021-10-20 Published:2021-12-15

摘要: 在工业生产中获得广泛应用的机械搅拌混合,其流体大都是非牛顿流体,具有与牛顿流体不同的流变性质(弹性效应,剪切稀化以及剪切变稠),所以急需对非牛顿流体情况下搅拌槽内的内流特性开展研究。基于Lin-A315桨型的粒子图像测速技术(Particle Image velocimetry,PIV)试验结果对搅拌槽内非牛顿流体的流场特性进行定常/非定常数值模拟,研究不同质量分数的黄原胶溶液在不同搅拌速度下的轴面流速分布、湍动能分布、径向截线的流速剖面、所需要的搅拌混合时间以及搅拌能耗。结果表明,数值模拟可以很好地模拟分析机械搅拌槽内非牛顿流体的流场特性;提高搅拌速度可以增加槽内主循环流的范围和强度,搅拌槽内涡的分布和湍动能分布范围也相应变大,与100 r/min相比,300 r/min和500 r/min工况下的轴向速度最大值增加3.6倍和5.9倍,所需要的混合时间缩短0.46倍和0.36倍;增加黄原胶溶液的浓度会减小流场的主循环流范围,增加速度梯度,降低槽底区域循环速度,所以与非牛顿流体溶液浓度的变化相比,所需要混合时间对转速变化更为敏感;另外提高搅拌速度会增加搅拌能耗,因此对低浓度非牛顿流体宜选择中等转速、高浓度非牛顿流体宜选择高转速以有利于溶液混合和能源节约。

关键词: 机械搅拌槽, 非牛顿流体, PIV, 数值模拟, 流场特性

Abstract: Most of the fluids, involved in mechanical agitation widely applied in the industry, are non-Newtonian ones and have different rheological properties from Newtonian fluids (elastic effect, shear thinning and shear thickening), so there is an urgent need to study the internal flow characteristics of non-Newtonian fluids in a mechnical stirred tank. Based on the results of Lin-A315 particle image velocimetry (PIV) experiment results, steady and unsteady numerical simulations are carried out with non-Newtonian fluid in the stirred tank. The distribution of flow field, turbulent kinetic energy at the axial section, the flow velocity profile at the radial transversely line, the necessary mixing time and the corresponding energy consumption are investigated and compared with experiments for xanthan gum solution with different mass fractions at different speeds. The results show that the internal flow characteristics revealed by numerical simulation agrees quite well with experiment for non-Newtonian fluid in the stirred tank. Increasing the stirring speed, the range and size of the main circulation flow are enlarged, and the distribution range of vortex and turbulent kinetic energy in the tank is increased as well. Compared with 100 r/min, higher stirring speeds 300 r/min and 500 r/min lead to the maximum axial velocity increased by 3.6 times and 5.9 times, and the necesary mixing time shortened by 0.46 times and 0.36 times. As the concentration of xanthan gum rising, the main circulation range of the flow field shrunk, the velocity gradient increased, the circulating velocity in the bottom zone is reduced, so the necessary mixing time is more sensitive to the the stirring speed than the concentration of non-Newtonian fluid. But increasing the stirring speed for non-Newtonian fluid will lead to higher energy consumption. Therefore, medium speed shall be preferred for low concentration non-Newtonian fluid and high speed be preferred in case of high concentration for better mixing performance and energy saving.

Key words: stirred tank, non-Newtonian fluid, PIV, numerical simulation, flow field characteristics

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