Numerical and experimental investigations on enhancement performance of
multi-blade paddles for solid waste treatment
Abstract
The poor mixing in purification process is a serious problem which
cannot be avoided in treatment of zinc-containing solid waste. Here, to
enhance the purification efficiency of zinc-containing solid waste
treatment reactor, multi-blade combined (MBC) paddles are compared with
four straight-blade paddles which are traditionally chosen by industry.
This study simulated and explored the flow field characteristics and
purification effects, further proposes the unit ion purification energy
(UIPE) as a criterion for energy consumption and effect evaluation. The
results show that MBC enhances axial flow by 12.56 %. Meanwhile it
effectively inhibits the growth of isolated mixing region which scope
has decreased by 56.25%. MBC increases the purification rate by 24.79%
while the UIPE decreases by 29.45% compared with others. MBC has
exhibited axial velocity improvement effect. The improvement increases
collisions between particles, which increased rate of substitution
reactions. MBC can solve the problem in zinc-containing solid waste
treatment.