柔性桨强化搅拌槽中高黏度流体层流混合的研究.docVIP

  柔性桨强化搅拌槽中高黏度流体层流混合 的研究 刘作华 1，曾启琴 1，王运东 2，孙瑞祥 1，宁伟征 1，陶长元 1 （1 重庆大学化学化工学院，重庆 400044；2 清华大学化学工程系，北京 100084） 摘要：本实验结合酸-碱可视化技术和 Matlab 软件，分别计算出流体的混合时间数（无因次 混合时间）Ntm 和流体混合隔离区的面积覆盖率，对比分析传统桨与柔性桨的混合性能的差 异。结果表明，在 Ntm =10800 时，传统桨形成的混合隔离区的面积覆盖率在 40%～50%之 间，几 h 之后（ Ntm =25000）仍稳定地存在；而柔性桨所形成的混合隔离区在 Ntm =18000 时，混合隔离区在 1%左右，且 Ntm =25000 时，混合隔离区完全消失了；相对于传统桨， 柔性桨使流体的混合时间降低了 28%左右。 关键词：搅拌槽；柔性桨叶；混沌混合；混合隔离区 中图分类号：TQ027.2 文献标志码：A  Study on laminar mixing enhanced by flexible impeller in high-viscosity fluid stirred tank Liu Zuohua1, Zeng Qiqin1, Wang Yundong2, Sun Ruixiang1, Ning Weizheng1, Tao Changyuan1 (1..College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China; 2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China) Abstract：Combined with acid-alkali visualization technology and Matlab software, mixing time number (dimensionless mixing time) Ntm and area coverage of IMRs of fluid has been calculated in this paper. The differences of mixing performance between traditional impeller and flexible impeller has been analyzed also. The results showed that the area coverage of IMRs of traditional impeller was in the range of 40% to 50% at Ntm 10800, which was very stable even after several hours (Ntm = 25000) continous mixing. At Ntm 10800, the area coverage of IMRs of flexible impellers was about 1%, and it was completely disappeared at Ntm 25000. Compared with the traditional impeller, mixing time of the flexible impeller was shortened about 28%. Key words：stirred tank; flexible impeller; chaotic mixing; isolated mixing region 0 引 言 机械搅拌槽广泛应用于化学工业、湿法冶金、生物工程、制药工程及食品加工等领域， 其经济性与流体混合效果密切相关[1]。搅拌槽内流体流动状态主要有层流(laminar)和湍流 (turbulence) 两种形式。当搅拌槽内的流体介质黏度较低[2]，搅拌转速较高时，搅拌槽内的 介质处于湍流状态，此时介质的混合十分迅速，国内外很多学者专家对搅拌槽内的湍流流动 进行了比较深入的研究[3-7]。然而在近代工业过程中，搅拌介质不再只是一些低黏度的牛顿 型流体，高黏度流体的应用也越来越广，尤其是对剪切比较敏感的高分子材料，只有低雷诺 数的层流搅拌才可以满足要求。在层流状态下，流体颗粒运动轨迹的差异性很大，从而导致 搅拌槽内普遍存着两种不同类型的混合区域：混沌混合区和混合隔离区[8-10]。现有研究结果 表明，在稳定流动或低雷诺数流动的情况下，无论径向流还是轴向流桨叶，不管搅拌槽内是 否