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  4. CFD METHODS AS A MODERN TOOL IN OPTIMISATION OF HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS IN MAGMA CRYSTALLIZERS

CFD METHODS AS A MODERN TOOL IN OPTIMISATION OF HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS IN MAGMA CRYSTALLIZERS

Abstract

Selected parameters concerning the optimisation of hydrodynamics in magma crystallizers are discussed. At this stage, results of CDF (Computational Fluid Dynamics) simulations are shown, focused on the effect of the geometrical configuration of a crystallizer on energy dissipation rate, axial velocity field and general hydraulic efficiency.

The influence of the shape of the apparatus’ bottom, diameter of the stirrer, its location and presence of the draft tube on, respectively: (i) unit power input distribution, (ii) the average mixing power, and (iii) pumping capacity have been taken into consideration.

The results obtained from simulations have been compared with experiments and literature data.

Keywords:

CDF, crystallization, hydraulic efficiency

Details

Issue
Vol. 7 No. 3 (2003)
Section
Research article
Published
2003-09-30
Licencja:
Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors

  • PIOTR SYNOWIEC

    Silesian University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering; Institute of Inorganic Chemistry

  • JANUSZ WÓJCIK

    Silesian University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

  • JOANNA BIGDA

    Silesian University of Technology, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

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