Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Bottom Shape on the Flow Field and Particle Suspension in a DTB Crystallizer

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Crystallizer parts</td><td class="align_center">Boundary conditions</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Baffle</td><td class="align_center">Wall motion: stationary wall<br/>Shear condition: no slip</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Impeller</td><td class="align_center">Wall motion: moving wall</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Shaft</td><td class="align_center">Wall motion: moving wall</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Draft tube</td><td class="align_center">Wall motion: stationary wall</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Walls of crystallizer</td><td class="align_center">Wall motion: stationary wall<br/>Shear condition: no slip</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Rotating region</td><td class="align_center">800 rpm</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Initial particle volume fraction</td><td class="align_center">10 vol% of the whole crystallizer</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Boundary and initial conditions of the simulations.

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Table 5: Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Bottom Shape on the Flow Field and Particle Suspension in a DTB Crystallizer 