Mixing tank simulation - High velocity values

Hello,

I have done a simulation of a mixing tank which has a pitched blade impeller with a diameter of 5cm and a speed of 1000 rpm. I am getting really high velocity results and my mesh to me seems very fine so I dont think that should be the culprit? When putting in the slurry rheology of my bingham plastic i must admit I didnt really know what the Vo parameter was for so I just set it as a high value (20), so maybe this is the culprit. Also as im more familiar with fluent I wasnt overly sure which numeric settings to use so I tried to choose second order ones, wouldnt be surprised if I got something wrong.



Note that the simulation hasnt converged but I dont want to keep throwing my valuable core hours at it.

Thankyou so much.

Hi there, this is Fillia!

To begin with, I would like to ask you what velocities you are expecting, and whether this is a study from a paper /article that you can share it with us?

Best regards,
Fillia

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Hello Fillia, hope you are well.

My apologies I realised I had set the rotation to 1000 rad/s instead of my desired 1000rpm! Big difference there lol. Thankyou for your response.

All the best,

Luke

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