Vane for an impeller of an agitator, impeller and agitator
AssigneeSulzer Management AG
InventorsMikael Andersson, Erik Blechingberg
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Abstract
A vane for an impeller of an agitator includes a socket having a base plane configured to mount the vane to an impeller, and a blade configured to mix a process fluid, the blade having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a blade tip extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge at an end of the blade facing away from the socket, the blade having a pressure side and a suction side, and the pressure side having a first concave region towards the leading edge, a second concave region toward the trailing edge and a convex region between the first and second concave regions.
Claims11
A vane for an impeller of an agitator, comprising:
- a socket having a base plane configured to mount the vane to an impeller;
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- a blade configured to mix a process fluid, the blade having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and a blade tip extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge at an end of the blade facing away from the socket, the blade having a pressure side and a suction side, defining a thickness, and the pressure side having a first concave region towards the leading edge, a second concave region toward the trailing edge and a convex region between the first and second concave regions, the thickness between the pressure side and the suction side increasing to at least partially form the convex region.
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