Abstract
The beverage and wine industries routinely conduct blending of various liquids or homogenization of additives in large vessels equipped with fast-rotating propeller mixers. Mixing times, i.e. propeller run times, are usually based on empirical experiences. Mathematical modeling and simulation could be used to predict mixing times in such situations, but common methods either provide only approximate solutions or are computational unfeasible.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
A. Bakker, R. D. LaRoche, M.-H. Wang, and R. V. Calabrese. Sliding mesh simulation of laminar flow in stirred reactors. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 75(1):42–44, 1997.
R. B. Boulton, V. L. Singleton, L. F. Bisson, and R. E. Kunkee. Principles and practices of winemaking. Springer Science & Business Media, 2013.
W. Bujalski, Z. Jaworski, and A. Nienow. Cfd study of homogenization with dual rushton turbines—comparison with experimental results: Part ii: The multiple reference frame. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 80(1):97–104, 2002.
J. Mueller, D. Schmidt, and K. Velten. Transient boundary condition approach for simulating mechanical mixing in large wine tanks. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 150:143–151, July 2018.
J. Mueller and K. Velten. Simulating tank-mixer problems using a time-varying mapped fixed value approach. In 11th OpenFOAM Workshop, Guimaraes, Portugal, 2016.
H. G. Weller, G. Tabor, H. Jasak, and C. Fureby. A tensorial approach to computational continuum mechanics using object-oriented techniques. Computers in physics, 12(6):620–631, 1998
Acknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the support by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF project no. 05M13RNA, Robust energy optimization of fermentation processes for the production of biogas and wine (ROENOBIO)).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Müller, J., Schmidt, D., Velten, K. (2021). Modelling and Simulation of Tank Mixing. In: Bock, H.G., Küfer, KH., Maass, P., Milde, A., Schulz, V. (eds) German Success Stories in Industrial Mathematics. Mathematics in Industry, vol 35. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81455-7_13
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81455-7_13
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-81454-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-81455-7
eBook Packages: Mathematics and StatisticsMathematics and Statistics (R0)