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Poorya Mirzavand Borujeni1, Ehsan Ebrahimpoor2, Navid Mostoufi3
1Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, University of Tehran, P. O. Box 14155/6455, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract:
This study was carried out to find the optimum clearance (impeller to bottom distance) for Rushton and pitch-blade turbine impellers in a stirred tank bioreactor for improved substrate mixing time added at interface, taking advantage of computational fluid dynamics. In this regard, the time needed for a thin layer of liquid, resembling substrate-rich or poor part, getting homogenously dispersed within the tank was calculated. The mixing time calculated in this way is called the surface aeration related mixing time (SARMT). SARMT was calculated using two approaches and was compared with each other. For the pitch-blade turbine impeller, a criterion which guarantees accurate mixing time by simulation was not satisfied, so the SARMT profile against clearance was not achieved. For the Rushton impeller, a general descending order of SARMT against impeller-bottom clearance was observed.
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