Abstract

Unsteady flow of a single six-blade ruston turbine in stirred tank is numerically simulated by using the large eddy simulation. Then the effect of the turbine installation position on mixing flow field is studied. The result shows that with a relatively low paddle installation position, mixing effect at the bottom of tank is obvious, while which go against the materials at the top layer mixing. When the paddle is installed at the top of the stirred tank, liquid splash and a concave downward liquid surface are easily caused. Finally the cavitation phenomenon is generated. When the paddle is installed from 1/3H to 2/3H, there are a uniform flow field distribution and higher average velocity flow. Large size vortex structures at the top and the bottom of the paddle are obvious which is beneficial to mix the materials.

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