How do I calculate the agitator power in terms of increasing volume?
Here are the specs:
Diameter of reactor - 1.95m
Diameter of agitator - 1.1m
Speed - 96rpm
volume of rector - 6.3 kL
volume of material - 3.75 kL
Viscosity of material - 30000 cp
Density of material - 800 kg/m3
Reactor type -- GLR
Agitor type - 3 blade propeller with
no baffles
What is the power consumption of this volume? I am increasing the volume of material up to 5 KL. What is the power consumption in the same reactor, same material?
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Re: How do I calculate the agitator power in terms of increasing volume?
6 July 2010 at 1:29pmThe high viscosity, 30,000 cp, you describe does not require baffles, but does not increase the power requirements much either. The power requirement for a retreat-curve impeller (RCI) at 96 rpm is about 5,800 Watts. Increasing the volume will have little effect on the amount of power required for the impeller.
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