Abstract
The efficiency of operating stirred tanks, which are extensively used in industry as mixing devices, is largely dependent on the turbulence characteristics of the impeller driven flow field. In this paper we present results of large eddy simulations on stirred tank flow at Reynolds numbers up to 104 on a 1203 computational grid. Because of its computational efficiency on parallel computer platforms, a lattice-Boltzmann discretization scheme was chosen. The rotating impeller is dealt with by means of an adaptive force field algorithm, which is able to impose (interpolated) velocity values in any point within the computational domain.
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Derksen, J., Van den Akker, H. (1998). Parallel simulation of turbulent fluid flow in a mixing tank. In: Sloot, P., Bubak, M., Hertzberger, B. (eds) High-Performance Computing and Networking. HPCN-Europe 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1401. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037136
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