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Continuous mixing is used in process equipment to mix components in a single pass. Compared to batch mixing, this operation has the advantage that the tank filling and emptying steps are eliminated, implying that the process can be run without interruptions. A disadvantage of continuous mixing is that the time that the material spends in the mixer, the residence time, is not constant. The residence time is to a large extent dependent on the details of the mixer construction and the operation. Parameters that affect the residence time are for example the position and speed of the impeller and the feed rate at the inlet.

In this model a tank with an asymmetrically positioned impeller is modeled. The tank and impeller geometry are defined using parts from the Mixer Module Parts Library.

A liquid is continuously fed to the tank through an inlet near the top. The liquid then exits through an outlet at the bottom. The turbulent flow field resulting from the impeller agitation is solved for using a frozen rotor analysis.

The model shows how to visualize the mixing, and compute the residence time distribution using particle tracing. A pulse containing 50000 massless particles is injected and tracked as it flows through the mixer. The residence time distribution is computed by counting the number of particles that have reached the outlet at a certain time.