Mixing and solid suspension of up-down agitators in a slab tank
- Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (USA). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)
Seven different up-down agitators were studied for their ability to produce mixing and solid suspension in a slab tank. Mixing times were measured as the time needed to disperse injected dye. The solid suspension studies determined the minimum stroke frequency of the agitators needed for complete off-bottom suspension. The effects of stroke frequency, n; amplitude, a; blade width, w; blade clearance, c; and liquid depth, h, and weight percent solids, X, were studied. The most effective geometry, in terms of mixing, solid suspension and design simplicity, was a single flat blade with minimum off-bottom clearance and a blade width/tank thickness ratio, w/T, of 0.74 at the maximum stroke amplitude studied. 15 refs., 7 figs.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035; AC09-76SR00001
- OSTI ID:
- 6234032
- Report Number(s):
- DP-MS-89-80; CONF-891113-13; ON: DE91005146; TRN: 91-004654
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Institute of Chemical Engineers annual meeting, San Francisco, CA (USA), 5-10 Nov 1989
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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