In this paper, the governing equations of continuity and momentum subjected to suitable boundary conditions have been solved numerically to investigate the fluid flow in stirred vessel of two-bladed impeller. The numerical simulations have been carried out in three-dimensions for laminar flow. The studied fluid was considered Newtonian and incompressible. Our research studied the effects of geometrical configurations of the two-bladed impeller and its rotational speed on fluid patterns and mechanical power consumption. The innovative point in this paper is that the blades of the impeller contain three equal-sized holes of circular cross-section. The diameter of the hole (d) to the impeller diameter (D) gives the ratio d/D. the impeller speed is controlled by the Reynolds number (Re). The obtained results have been illustrated and discussed for the range of following governing parameters: d/D = 0 to 0.4 and Re = 1 to 300. The results showed that the studied parameters have significant effects on fluid flow and consumption power and the perforated blades of ratio d/D = 0.133 is more efficient than plan blades. Also, a new correlation is proposed to describe the consumption power as function of d/D and Re.
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