A CFD Analysis of the Viscous Fluid Behavior of Glycerin in Various of Stirring Patterns

Abstract:

The important matter of mixing at both micro and macro-fluidic levels has to be studied for determining how to achieve proper stirring ways. In order to analyse this matter, the first problem was how to visualise and especially how to measure the stirring process in a certain flow. In this study, the behavior of viscous glycerin employing various stirring patterns was investigated. The changes in glycerin solutions were observed by means of streamline flow topology and particle track arising from four variations in configurations: the same stirring directions of rod and vessel (RUN 1), opposite stirring directions of rod and vessel (RUN 2), stationary rod and rotating vessel (RUN 3), stirring rod and stationary vessel (RUN 4). The flow pattern was analyzed with ANSYS computational fluid dynamic tool. The simulation results shows that the opposite direction stirring pattern configuration produced more vortices than those of the same direction stirring patterns and the stirring rod pattern generated more vortices in almost all parts of the vessel than stationary rod pattern.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 836)
• Pages: 132-138
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.836.132
• Online since: June 2016
• Authors: Retno Wulandari, I.N.G. Wardana, Slamet Wahyudi, Nurkholis Hamidi
• Keywords: CFD, Glycerin, Stirring Pattern, Viscous Fluid

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