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Sizing The Admixer™ Static Mixer and Sanitary Static Blender
Sizing The Admixer™ Static Mixer and Sanitary Static Blender
Manchester, NH 03103
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November 1998
SIZING VARIABLE
VALUE
UNITS
Mixing Medium(s)
(Q) Flow Rate
GPM
Inches
() Absolute Viscosity
CPS
PSI
F/PSI
Flow
Regime
No. of
Element
<1
24
1-10
18
11-50
14
51-100
12
101-500
10
Transitional 501-1000
1001-2000
2001-5000
5001 +
Sidestream Injection?
Special Requirements?
Reynold's
Number
(Re)
Turbulent
Page 1
100
10
10
12
1.0
0.1
10
100
1,000
Flowrate (GPM)
Page 2
10,000
(V) = 0.408 Q
D2
PH = 0.0135 f L SG Q2
D5
V = Velocity in Ft/Sec
SAMPLE WORKSHEET
Results:
Step 2: Re _______________________________
c) Using the Reynolds number from Step #2,
calculate the flow factor, F to compensate for the
headloss caused by the mixing elements.
if Re<10,
if 10<Re<1000,
if Re>1000,
F = 6.5
F = 1.53 (Re) 0.45
F = 8.5In (Re) - 16
Step 4: _________________________________
PH _______________________________
F ________________________________
P (PSI) __________________________
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10,000
100,000
1,000,000
10,000,000
100,000,000
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.06
f = Friction Factor
0.05
0.04
0.2
0.25
0.3
f = 64/Re
0.03
0.4
0.5
0.025
0.75
1
1.5
0.02
0.018
0.016
4
5
0.014
6
8
10
12
16
0.012
20
24
36
48
0.01
Re = Reynolds Number
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