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Particulate Technology (Lagi)

This document provides information and example calculations related to particulate technology, including agitation and mixing, sedimentation, centrifugation, and fluidization. It gives the power, speed, and blend time needed for different sized agitated tanks. It also provides calculations to determine particle size ranges after sedimentation, centrifuge speed and thickness requirements, minimum fluidized bed height and pressure drop, and minimum fluidization velocity for different processes and conditions.

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Particulate Technology (Lagi)

This document provides information and example calculations related to particulate technology, including agitation and mixing, sedimentation, centrifugation, and fluidization. It gives the power, speed, and blend time needed for different sized agitated tanks. It also provides calculations to determine particle size ranges after sedimentation, centrifuge speed and thickness requirements, minimum fluidized bed height and pressure drop, and minimum fluidization velocity for different processes and conditions.

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PARTICULATE TECHNOLOGY (LAGI)

AGITATION AND MIXING

For numbers 42 to 44:

An agitated tank with a standard Rushton impeller is required to disperse gas in a solution of properties
similar to those of water. The tank will be 3 m diameter (1 m diameter impeller). A power level of 0.8
kW/m3 is chosen. Assuming fully turbulent conditions and that the presence of the gas does not
significantly affect the relation between the Power and Reynolds numbers:

42. What power will be required by the impeller?

17 Kw

43. At what speed should the impeller be driven?

173 rev/min

44. If a small pilot scale tank 0.3 m diameter is to be constructed to test the process, at what speed
should the impeller be driven?

807 rev/min

PROBLEM 7.7 (COULSON VOL.1) TYPO

Tests on a small scale tank 0.3 m diameter (Rushton impeller, diameter 0.1 m) have shown that a
blending process between two miscible liquids (aqueous solutions, properties approximately the same
as water, i.e. viscosity 1 mN s/m2 , density 1000 kg/m3 ) is satisfactorily completed after 1 minute using
an impeller speed of 250 rev/min. It is decided to scale up the process to a tank of 2.5 m diameter using
the criterion of constant tip-speed.

(a) What speed should be chosen for the larger impeller?

N= .346Hz or 20.8 rev/min

(b) What power will be required?

P = 9.8 W

(c) What will be the blend time in the large tank?

tm = 1.15 min
SEDIMENTATION

53. In a mixture of quartz of density 2650 kg/m3 and galena of density 7500 kg/m3, the sizes of the
particles range from 0.0052 to 0.025 mm. On separation in a hydraulic classifier under free settling
conditions, three fractions are obtained, one consisting of quartz only, one a mixture of quartz and
galena, and one of galena only. What are the ranges of sizes of particles of the two substances in the
original mixture?

0.0103 – 0.0126 mm

CENTRIFUGATION

62. If a centrifuge is 0.9 m diameter and rotates at 20 Hz, at what speed should a laboratory centrifuge
of 150 mm diameter be run if it is to duplicate the performance of the large unit?

49 Hz

63. A centrifuge with a phosphor bronze basket, 380 mm in diameter, is to be run at 67 Hz with a 75 mm
layer of liquid of density 1200 kg/m3 in the basket. What thickness of walls are required in the basket?
The density of phosphor bronze is 8900 kg/m3 and the maximum safe stress for phosphor bronze is 87.6
MN/m2 .

15 mm

FLUIDIZATION

For numbers 82 to 84:

Solid particles having a size of 0.12 mm, a shape factor of 0.88, and a density of 1000 kg/m3 are to be
fluidized using air at 2 atm and 250C. The voidage at minimum fluidizing conditions is 0.42. 82.

If the cross section of the empty bed is 0.30 m2 and the bed contains 300 kg of solid, calculate the
minimum height of the fluidized bed.

a. 1.85 m

b. 1.72 m

c. 1.90 m

d. 1.63 m
83. Calculate the pressure drop at the minimum fluidizing conditions.

a. 0.098 x105 Pa

b. 0.065 x105 Pa

c. 0.076 x105 Pa

d. 0.082 x105 Pa

84. Calculate minimum velocity for fluidization.

a. 0.004 m/s

b. 0.001 m/s

c. 0.005 m/s

d. 0.002 m/

For numbers 1 to 3: (EXERCISE)

To clean a sand bed filter, it is fluidized at minimum conditions using water at 240C. The round sand
particles have a density of 2550 kg/m3 and an average size of 0.40 mm. sphericity = 0.86 and ε=0.42.

1. If the bed diameter is 0.4 m and the desired height of the bed at these minimum fluidizing conditions
is 1.75 m. Calculate the amount of solids needed.

a.235.52 kg

b.523.35 kg

c.352.32 kg

d.325.25 kg

2. What is the pressure drop (kPa) at these conditions?

a.14.5

b.15.4

c.13.4

d.17.3
3. What is the minimum velocity for fluidization?

a. 0.0016

b. 0.0028

c. 0.0009

d.0.0033

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