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The main goal of this research paper is to analyze the thermal and hydrodynamic behavior of non-Newtonian nanofluid (Bingham\u2013Papanastasiou\u2013Al2O3) inside a symmetrically stirred tank. A 3D numerical study has been conducted for a stationary laminar flow inside a symmetric cylindrical vessel under influencing parameters, including the inertia parameter (Re=1,\u00a020,\u00a0100) and the volume fraction of nanoparticles (\u00d8=0.02,\u00a00.06,\u00a00.1) with different geometric configurations, has been introduced into the stirring system. According to the findings, with high inertia (Re=100), the heat transfer inside the stirred tank is enhanced. Furthermore, increasing the nanoparticle fraction volume had a significant impact on the acceleration of heat transfer along the stirred vessel. It has been also found that the geometric configuration of an anchor with added arm blade (Case 2) is more efficient compared with the rest of the anchor agitator.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/sym14112279","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,11,2]],"date-time":"2022-11-02T06:49:02Z","timestamp":1667371742000},"page":"2279","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Computational Analysis of Viscoplastic Nanofluid Blending by a Newly Modified Anchorage Impeller within a Stirred Container"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7471-2882","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mebarki","family":"Brahim","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ENERGARID Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University Tahir Mohamed of Bechar, P.O. 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