q3 ps Sa How to design agitators for desired process response Effective agitation of fluids for blending and motion requires a detailed analysis of capacity, viscosity and dynamic response for the fluid system, in order to find power and shaft speed of the agitator and corresponding size of the turbine impeller. “ichard W. Hic, Joey R. Morton ad John ©. Fei Coie, Te 1 Our punjane i ia ante willbe to emphases © ‘Sega prctdre for practical probleme inthe chemical proce indore involving blending and motion ‘The information preented here may be wed forthe design of turbine agitator in appietins ranging from Sorage veel esuiring very le agitation to eical Feactoe needing great dal fi To understand the need fran organi’ appro to disign, we wl follow the steps shown inthe logieow diagram of Fu. Ln deiding on an agitstor fr blend {grand motion problems Tha Ulasuation represents a porton of the overall logieflow diagram orginally preented in Patt lof th sees (Clem Bag, Dec 8, {ons p. 112), We wl eviw the mechanical dexgn of drives shafts and seal, apd economic evaluations, in ature ances of thie Series Here, we wl limit our Aseeen eons. Tia nderor (tes, ee ee cer rs ‘Smputed tom Bg (ae Dy = 09/0565 = 1.61 in By ming mg Eq 2) nd aang cl H, = (461/306) 00842) = 827 hp “Thum in hin aplication whe le Ald wel of slim nape, we neo an apeatr dive of 327i Touing the ele: that 1942 ten for 4a Semel ive of DT = 3. “Galelaon at ther D/T rato wil ed ote i toe spend and he pinesmorer power seated wi ‘ht pede "The pees at read fom thee sm {testy ny atv AGMA per 2, 188, 15,100 Bt, 36 4, 87 rpm, ete. The care spending snp may bear ot be avaiable ‘edad (015.25 30 tama gon ‘Mondor Th ore petal agi We ‘Shmmeialy avaiable prinemover powers abl sped indo cll he bul id weloty hae wil be po. ‘Risd in venous volumes and Vacaies The agar Selection an then be tin vl, vox alle Focy mar abi It a I fren fapwn ssi iL dseay available turbine agitators For example, the ‘Election (0/64 indicates 2 10-p agitator at 2 shaft pecd of 64 rpm. The horepowress are thowe fr the SRESGacSprimemover sees shaft speeds ae how for the commonly avlable prime-mover speeds (1730 FT 50 rpm, ete) in combination with standard Riccan Gear Manvfacsuers Asn (AGMA) gear ‘We wil use Tables If and It demonstrate the ange concept trough sample problem anal Impeller-system design To correctly apply the selection of turbine agitators fears Tables Hand ll, we mst property deign che Impl system, This design includes the carbine ep ‘uber of turbines, lean in the bath, and diameter the impeller, Corset bang of the rst fal 106, For blending and motion, the impeller PR pitehed blade turbine Table TV line the commended numberof and thet lotion in the batch for blending tion For example ithe geen liquid has» vial Stnan 25000 cp and ratio of liquid depth @ (inmeter (2/7) of 13, oe urbe lated at 288 ‘earance of 2/3 wouid be adequate “The paraeter afecting turbine power cued in Part 2 thie verses (Clon. En, J Se pp 140-143) nthe terbulent-flow rege He Feber becomes conta at high Reynolds a ‘Based upon iq (19) in Past 2, we obtas a0 sion for he rt etmation of turbine diame =i)" | ehese 2, is primemover power, hp: # i mi DePim mover power and hat speed (ptm) for Blending nd motion (voy “25,000 sp) 728 aie 5s id pei gravity) and Minahaf speed, ra power-drawy conection factors sac a8 peo Sod ingeler spacing sre neglected inthis ex cause they are minor Howeve, it imecesay fo Tor vacoty eects To do, we calculate the Reynolds number fos Ng = 1075 ND*/ ® 8, uid specific gravity, Dis impeller diameter, Ibi vce, rection factor, Gp, forthe calculated Reyn- ber obtained ffom Table V, and the ox. frbine uiameter become: D=DiLy ® recommendations fr sstems requiring blend Sotion are lated in Table VL Table — Examples illustrate design analysis "The design logic to solve problems involving blending and moton has now been described in ac frdance with the sequence of Fig. 1- By saving some roche agitation problems, we an analy the spe tcenry te ave ata bate agitator selection ‘Beonple A 10,000 al worge tan a sketched in Fig. receives product ram a sere of batch reactor. ‘Tk product hata specie gravity of 03, witha axi- ‘um variation of 0.0. Visco of produc: i 4900p, {nd thee is no syaiiant vcoty variation between, Datehes The proc held in he storage tank for at Teast to day Tank dameter i 11 6m 9 12. aight sie Th top ead Bat and the bortom head ISASME dished. The apator wil be mounted on 12in thannel, Select the agitator system for Binding batches of miscible product delivered 0 the storage one Tut toes 110)Tae Fa wate Toe ae ra eh 772 oeint “This problem regultes & low level of dynamic re spome feciuie it involve the blending of miele ‘Rede with smal ifrencs in apecie gravity and no Signicant variations of vacosy Table findicaes that Stale level of | to 2 i appropiate. Since no specie ‘koje of uniformity has bmn sated and the redence tite is ong, we chuote the minimum sale level of 1 "We now ener Table I and find hat fra sale evel of Land an equivalent volume a 10,00 gal the appro Prat aguatr unit 3/84 (ie, 3 hp ae 4 rpm). A hale lito seston doe ot indicate that there only one pots /apeed combination that i appropiate [But eather that the choice of equivalent turbine agi ator is roused for the smaller machine sz ‘Wie complete the dei forthe impeller and bafing in nocondanee with he pevis dissin. The rel (ofthis design are summarized in Table VIL Example 2~The wate product fom a reaction has a speiie gravity of 13 sod viscority of 3000 ep, and lectins 3,000gal vest vo atta dep of 100i. ‘Xn acid seein hing a speic gravity of 1.08 and inst of ep then added o neutralize the wastes A towel of 2054 gal of std i added to the ware This ‘aie the liquid level tothe upper tangent line of the Wesel The tank i 96 in din, and a astenight side of 150in (ne tech in Fig 4) The top and bottom heads Are ASME dahed. Sect the agitator forth tat “Several point are tobe made by this example Fist, the equivalent volume i 6500 gal (Le, 3,000 x 1.3) Since the section tables go frm 5,000 to 10,00 gal, interpolation rated when vsing Table 1. From ‘Tak we ind that a ale of apitation of should be ‘Moquai However, seie of t might be logical {tenatve beone the sections wil be made for an uivalent volume of 00 gal rather than for 6300 fl Hence, a degre of conseratisn is eallaed because ‘Be acid phase wil dive che waste t.8 vacant los ‘haa 5000 ep Sine he ato 2/T = 1.85, we nd from Table TV ‘thatthe system geometzy wil require the use of two pitched-blade urine Wennow enter Table Tats ale level of 3 for an equivalent volume of 00 galt slect the four power/speed combinations a sted in Table VIL The exited turbine diameters (Table VID) for tach ofthe four elections ae fora wo-impeller sytem. ‘While the sequiement for bales (ee Table VI) i on the bordering ie hasbeen ssured tat te low-visoe- Hty acid phase would thin the waste and make bales sdinabie In this example, four combinations of power and shaft speed are obtained. Ina later atl of this eis, ‘Sealing with mechanical analysis we wl show that ofthe four combinations wil nt be consistent wih the ‘Shafventension requiem "Example Lotus make a preliminary analyse ofthe agitation requtement for 2 10004 bullepolymei= ‘on reactor. The reactor i 3 fe di. by 8 fe seaght ‘ide wth Bin deep veel heads, da ahh nozde fon the top esd (ig fe). The vee equipped with = [il eeaigheside and botton ad coling-water jacket ‘The monomers to be polymerized have a maximun specie graviy of 095 and an initial vast of 10 ep. The monomers are charged to the reactor to a level of 69 n, Smultanouly charged with the manomen S08 a's Bncy divided exaye The extern Ijmeiaion atte and race wotheraly EN cosy reaches 29/00 ep. The rencton Sopp; aod pyc soon removed rom "Phe data for he yt etry of this xn summed in Table Vil hog wth the oral ‘Hts the ld batch. Before tempting to slg stator dive am anh ofthe bach char ho ie soln polymerisation newer. Tithe premce of ace slide can Be ig benur he bs of eta epee than weght of the charge Ard Gis catalyst wl {owypustcaaiy a the bate cay ie ‘ith polymerization Second the pay variable o be se fo de the manu vacaty to be renchnd of 25000 “Pind at sup of folpoesaion, the ied be low and the monsmer wile reply ESD Avtheeaction pocod, he vey bl tnd the vil diminish Te pers wl ng 1h ede dow pattern and bates conto Ba the cia part ofthe rnc occ dig te ‘omty faking sep, no balls re recone Sale levclsof 10 and 7 for ntnion week investigation brant brass the range ‘Sockted with reac of the type (lable Ty pore/oprd combiossoce appropiate tte Terabe cbuned fro Table le snd lated Vi macho ad ono aie to let te optimem et fr ae sae teat aan salvar the oulant stem ma Eade to sre tat the esoteric pe thn proceed uotheay inthe reactor “rlccramplein thisacce have been coon she iverson between the magntade of he a problem and equipment leon The exampea Sth" 10000%al sorage tank requing» sal Tic response nd ded wath gph ‘Sgurng ange vexponseGoregseny, ie iatow tht ely the proses reject ‘Sample eee Pilly larger even tough Sure volumes of the tener Soame "We have emphasised the ration! slaton of scale of apation nthe examen Toa fete fre wil explore moresophacted analy Of Mgandsnonon problems by sing eters ‘thor and blend ee ‘The authors Jen Heme ira Soria 110 a