Power Consumption of Surface Aerator ina Square Tank

Takase, Hitoshi; Unno, Hajime; Akehata, Takashi

doi:10.1252/kakoronbunshu.8.560

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“…They may be with or without baffles. Various researchers [9][10][11][12] have studied the square surface aeration systems. Rao [10] has developed an optimal geometric condition for square shaped surface aeration systems.…”

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Shape effect on optimal geometric conditions in surface aeration systems

Kumar

Patel

Rao

2010

Korean J. Chem. Eng.

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The performance of surface aeration systems, among other key design variables, depends upon the geometric parameters of the aeration tank. Efficient performance and scale up or scale down of the experimental results of an aeration system requires optimal geometric conditions. Optimal conditions refer to the conditions of maximum oxygen transfer rate, which assists in scaling up or down the system for commercial utilization. The present work investigates the effect of an aeration tank's shape (unbaffled circular, baffled circular and unbaffled square) on oxygen transfer. Present results demonstrate that there is no effect of shape on the optimal geometric conditions for rotor position and rotor dimensions. This experimentation shows that circular tanks (baffled or unbaffled) do not have optimal geometric conditions for liquid transfer, whereas the square cross-section tank shows a unique geometric shape to optimize oxygen transfer.

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