摘要
The dissipation rate of turbulent kinetic energy ( ε ) is the key process parameters for mixing in surface aerators. At constant dynamic variables (rotational speed), ε is greatly affected by the geometric parameters, such as impeller diameter, cross-sectional area of the tank, liquid height, rotor blade length and immersion height. By doing numerical computation by visimix, present work analyzes the effect of non-dimensional (which is non-dimensionalized through rotor diameter) geometric parameters on ε. With an increase in liquid height, there is an increase in the case of energy dissipation. In the case of tank area and blade length, it is vice versa. Energy dissipation is not affected by the variation in immersion height of the impeller.