VIVEK BHUSHAN
Biography
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MSc. Student enrolled in
Engineering Management Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering at
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Assistant Manager at Tata
Motors Limited,
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Bachelor of Technology in
Manufacturing Sc. & Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Project
Title:
Evaluation of the near wall flow fields using PIV technique and modelling of
the erosive damage caused by solids entrained in the fluid of an impeller
agitated mixing vessel.
Motivation:
Solids entrained in the fluid can gain sufficient kinetic energy to hit the
walls of a mixing vessel and erode the material. This will adversely affect the
performance and the life of the vessel.
Limits of the state of art:
Agitated vessels are widely used in process industry for mixing, dispersion and
suspension of liquid-liquid, liquid-solids and liquid-gas-solids mixtures.
Hence many efforts have been made to model the flow field in the vessel to
enable better control on mass and heat transfer. The damage accumulation in the
agitated vessel, however have not received much attention especially the
erosive damage on the walls.
Objective: Model
the damage in the form of material removal from the walls of vessel.
Solution methodology: The solution is
three-step:
1) Determination and validation of the flow structure in
the vessel: Existing flow model used and PIV experiments will be used to
validate the model.
2) Determination of the solids motion: Modified Stokes
drag formula was used.
3) Use of appropriate erosion equation to determine the
amount of material removed.
Progress
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Modeling for flow,
particle motion and the erosion mechanism has been done.
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Experimental planning
has been done.
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Procurement and set-up
of apparatus in progress.
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Future work:
Interpretation and analysis of the results.
Completion Date:
September 2010
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