Computational Prediction of Mixing Processes in Agitated Vessels

Information

• NSF Award
• 9361543

Owner

• INNOVATIVE RESEARCH CORPORATION, A CORP. OF CO

• Award Id

  9361543

• Award Effective Date

  5/1/1994 - 30 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  4/30/1995 - 29 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 75,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

9361543 Kelkar Funded under and SBIR Phase 1 grant, research is to be conducted on mixing in agitated vessels stirred by a rotating impeller. While such mixers have been in use for a very long time, predicting mixing performance in a new design is still highly empirical and uncertain. This research is to develop a computer model of the process based on a novel method for allowing the method to couple the rotating flow near the impeller with the more irregular non-rotating flow elsewhere in the mixer. Software is to be developed for dealing with this situation as a tool for optimization and scale-up. Beyond permitting mixing equipment manufacturers to create optimized designs with such a predictive tool, the code will have other possible applications in all fluid systems where only parts of the flow are rotating. ***

• Program Officer

  Kesh S. Narayanan

• Min Amd Letter Date

  4/19/1994 - 30 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  3/7/1995 - 29 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Innovative Research Incorporated

• City

  Minneapolis

• State

  MN

• Country

  United States

• Address

  2520 Broadway St NE, Suite 200

• Postal Code

  554131975

• Phone Number

  6123780320

• First Name

  Kanchan

• Last Name

  Kelkar

• Email Address

  kelkar@inres.com

• Start Date

  5/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000