Mixing Tank with SOLIDWORKS Flow Simulation

Learn how to predict mixing in a tank filled with two fluids and a rotating agitator in this step-by-step tutorial.

To setup this CFD analysis a rotating region is specified using the "sliding" mesh approach, and two different liquids are initialized in the tank. A time-dependent or "transient" analysis is run and result cut plots are created and animated versus time. The torque on the agitator is also extracted.

Presented by Ryan Navarro

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
0:20 STEP file download
1:00 Creating Flow Simulation Project
3:40 Component Control to Disable Components
4:12 Specifying Rotating Region
4:33 Setting Initial Condition for Substance Concentration
5:12 Defining Goals
5:35 Mesh Settings
5:49 Results Saving Options and Transient Explorer
6:17 Solving
7:00 Results Post Processing - Load Time Moment
7:45 Results Post Processing - Transient Explorer
9:30 Inserting Goal Plot

[cauldronrevs]

Hi! a very nice study of flow, it is awesome to conjugate the region and a rotation of turbine, at the seed flow simulation only rotate the outlet and not the inlet, i will study with attention your demonstration, best regards and thanks a lot!

[mustafaahmed]

Hello. Great video. Do you have a tutorial on how to design the mixing tank with the agitator?

[ssur]

life saver video . thank you so much !

[akkintouch]

Thank you so much this is really interesting and thank you for showing the steps.

This which I would like to know is
Thermal analysis of a mold which is used for aluminum die castings.
What will happen to the mold when it is suddenly cooled? Will it have high thermal stresses? And will it crack ? Wish u guys made a video on that 🙏😀☺️

[RixtronixLAB]

Cool info, thanks for sharing, well done :)

[kiniaeldwita]

Hi, do you have tutorial of how to draw this?

[zaidba]

Hello, thank you for your video, it's very useful.
I would like to ask if it is possible to add an air space in the top ?

Thanks for the video, is it possible to add a heat source to a moving object (rotating or parallel motion) in solidworks to simulate temperature change? Is it possible with this model to add a heat source to the wings of a rotating mixer, for example? I know they each have a function, but I was wondering if it is possible to do both at the same time. I asked because I tried a couple of times, but the heat source was calculated to stay in place.

[metanoia]

How do I simulate flour in a mixer . I want to know what steps do I follow to have the same effect of flour in a mixer.

[KennethAntonioMCC]

Hi, I am trying to mix two different liquids with different pressures but I can't find where I'll input the pressure values. Do you know what to do on this one? Thanks

[KiranKumar-djpw]

is there any tutorial for-- like im introducing a hot gas say entering at 300℃ into a reactor having a catalyst and i want know how much time required to heat the catalyst to a target temperature say 290℃. what will be the simulation setup for this

[yahayataiwo]

Thanks for the tutorial. I would like to have your guidances on my research work.

[aurelleonard]

hi i love this video and that was awesome for study, can u give our tutorial to make the mixer about the create lid and etc, because i tried with another drawing and error maybe you are can help about the build the mixer from zero for this simulation. thx u somuch

[juliocesardemoraesbarros]

Hi, do solidworks fluids simulation get's pressure and temperature data of a gase in a confined conteiner?
Exaple: internal combustion engine

[dakerlight]

Thank you for this video. It is very helpful and interesting. When you set the direction of the rotating region, you refer to the liquid rotation or at the stirrer rotation? The sign of the torque on the shaft change.
thank you in advance

[txnightsky]

I need this type of study done, but with a constant input/output of water and solid through an open top and piped bottom. Any contacts that could do this?

[alessioamato]

Hi! it's fantastic. I have a question: why the torque (Y) is different when I use X FLOW programm considering that I have used the same data input in Flow simulation? Thank's a lot for your response and helpfulness.

[amitchauhan]

Sir is it possible to analyze mixing of co2 gas with cold water in a pressurized vessel
Suppose a vessel is in vertical shape( 400mm diameter × 1700mm height) and vessel is packed with perforated plates and we pressurized that vessel up to 100 psi
and then with the help of high pressure pump, water is sprayed through nozzles from the top of vessel towards bottom.
My goal is to find out how long is it take to water to pass through those perforated plates and at last how much co2 gas is mixed in water
Sir can we do all these things in solidworks flow simulation

[シェル.ユナ]

Thanks for making the video!
I tried this tutorial, but I got an error saying "There are no fluid regions in the project. Please check geometry or boundary conditions."
Is it necessary to set the fluid subdomains?

[AlbertMartínez-di]

Hola saludos desde Venezuela me gustaría aprender mas acerca de simulación soy estudiante de ingeniería mecánica me puedes ayudar