Author:
Tian Fei,Zhang Erfeng,Yang Chen,Sun Dehua,Shi Weidong,Chen Yonghua
Abstract
With the increasingly severe situation of water pollution control, optimal design of the mixing flow field of submersible mixers and improving the mixing uniformity of activated sludge have become key research issues. At present, the research on the submersible mixer is mostly focused on water as the medium, and the flow field characteristics of solid-liquid two-phase flow, which is closer to the actual scene, still need more systematic research. This paper presented numerical simulations of the solid‒liquid two‒phase flow problem at various installation heights based on the coupled CFD‒DEM method in the Euler‒Lagrange framework. The velocity distribution, dead zone distribution, particles’ velocity development, particles’ mixing degree, and particles’ aggregation of the flow field were compared and analyzed for different installation heights. The results show that the flow field has two flow patterns: single‒ and double‒circulation, due to different installation heights, in which the velocity and turbulent kinetic energy of the flow field of the double‒circulation flow pattern are more uniform. The installation height affects the moment particles enter the impeller and the core jet zone, thus affecting the degree of particle mixing and the mixing time. The adjustment of the installation height also has an impact on particle aggregation. These findings indicate that the installation height significantly affects the flow field characteristics and the particle motion distribution. The coupled CFD‒DEM method can analyze the macroscopic phenomenon of the solid‒liquid two‒phase flow field of the submersible mixer from the scale of microscopic particles, which provides a theoretical approach for the optimal design of the mixing flow field. It can provide better guidance for engineering practice.
Subject
Economics and Econometrics,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Fuel Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
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