@ARTICLE{Stelmach_Jacek_Mixing_2023,
 author={Stelmach, Jacek},
 volume={vol. 44},
 number={No 2},
 journal={Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers},
 pages={e7},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2023},
 publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering},
 abstract={In the paper, the mixing power and distributions of velocity and velocity pulsations in a baffled stirred tank with a flat blade turbine impeller placed at different distances from the bottom were determined. It was found that the mixing power reaches minimum values when the relative clearance of the impeller is C/D = 0.6÷0.7. The investigations of velocity distributions using the PIV method showed the axial flow of the liquid through the impeller. This results in deviations from the typical radial-circumferential flow and changes in mixing power vs. impeller clearance versus a Rushton impeller. With a clearance corresponding to the minimum power, the flow is axial-circumferential with one circulation loop. For a flat blade turbine impeller, good mixing conditions are obtained for a clearance of 0.8 < C/D < 0.9.},
 type={Article},
 title={Mixing Power and Hydrodynamics for Different Clearances of the Flat Blade Turbine Impeller},
 URL={http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/127729/PDF/e7_10.24425_cpe.2023.144693%20Stelmach.pdf},
 doi={10.24425/cpe.2023.144693},
 keywords={flat blade turbine impeller (FBT), mixing power, velocity distributions, velocity pulsation distributions},
}