TY - JOUR N2 - This study presents the results of tests on the mixing power and distribution of three velocity components in the mixing tank for an FBT impeller during tank emptying with an operating impeller. A laser PIV system was used to determine speed distributions. It was found that for the relative liquid height in the tank H* = H/H0 ≈ 0.65 and H* ≈ 0.45, the liquid circulation in the impeller zone changed from radial to axial and vice versa. These changes were accompanied by changes in the mixing power which even reached 40%. In the theoretical part, a method of calculating the mixing power using the classical model of the central vortex and distribution of the tangential speed in the impeller zone was proposed. Although the method turned out to be inaccurate, it was useful for determining the relative power. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/126875/PDF/e3_int_c.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/126875 PY - 2023 IS - No 1 EP - e3 DO - 10.24425/cpe.2022.142292 KW - FBT impeller KW - mixing KW - power consumption KW - tank emptying A1 - Stelmach, Jacek A1 - Kuncewicz, Czesław A1 - Jirout, Tomáš A1 - Rieger, František PB - Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Chemical and Process Engineering VL - vol. 44 DA - 2023.04.11 T1 - Influence of changes in liquid circulation on the mixing power when emptying the tank with a rotating 6FBT impeller SP - e3 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/126875 T2 - Chemical and Process Engineering: New Frontiers ER -