Design and CFD Simulation of Agitating Blade in Tank for Mixing Fluids
Keywords:
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Impeller Blade, Numerical SimulationAbstract
This study aims to research the characteristics of mixing between apple water with water fluids and analysis for find of optimum time and evaluate the performance of mixing tank using 30, 35, 40 and 45-degree angle of agitating blade for apple juice processing. In numerical simulations of agitating blade at 30, 35, 40 and 45-degree angle is tested in the range operate is 60 rpm. It is found from numerical results that mixing is enhanced when rotating speed increases. Apple water can be mixing with water by 60 % at use 30-degree angle of the agitating blade by using time is 8 second and Apple water can be mixing with water by 30 % at operate 60 rpm by using 35, 40 and 45-degree angle. In addition, swirling mixing fluid by 30-degree angle is higher when compare using 35, 40 and 45-degree angle.
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