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Why is Mixing Vessel Simulation Necessary Today?

Predicting and understanding the real-world behavior is essential for all industries today. This also applies to the mixing process. Motivation is easy to define:

1. IMPROVING EFFICIENCY
   • Improve mixing (better, faster mixing)
   • Reduced energy consumption (lower impeller speed or improved heat input/output)
   • Higher throughput and yield
      
2. FLEXIBILITY
   • Green chemistry (transition from hydrocarbon-based chemistry to renewable feedstock)
   • Variety of feed stock (feed stock may vary more and more, either slightly because of changes in the origin or by changing the product/process in an existing plant/unit/reactor)
   • Process intensification (transition to smaller reactors, combination of different unit operations, new reactor concepts)
      
3. COST REDUCTION
   • Reduction of testing costs (CFD simulation is also inherently safe, which is useful when working with toxic or explosive materials)
   • Increased reliability when expanding production