MACHINE CHEST

Given (from the Material Balance)

MACHINE CHEST

Given (from the Material Balance)

ton
mB1 6911.88
day

ton
mWHT4 172.693
day
kg
minput mB1 mWHT4 74.387
s
kg
1000
0.01poise
3
m
(Assumption)
5min
(Source: http://www.xyleminc.ca/flygt/canada/mixers/online/AgitPulp.htm)
Required:

a. Pulp chest dimensions

b. mixing time
c. Power dissipation
d. number of impellers

Solution:
a. Pulp Chest Dimensions
Getting the capacity of the chest:
minput

Vcap

Vcap 2.232 10 4 L
Getting the volume of the chest:
VT 1.2 Vcap
VT 2.678 10 4 L
Getting the diameter of the chest (since the diameter is equal to the tank height)

4 Vcap

DT

DT 3.051 m

1
3

Getting the height of the chest:

HT

4 VT
DT 2

HT 3.662 m
Determination of other pulp chest dimensions:
W 0.1 DT 0.305 m

Baffle Width

ZL DT 3.051 m

Static Liquid Depth

m 0.25 ZL 0.763 m
DT
DI
1.017 m
3
ZI DI 1.017 m

Baffle Tip Distance from Top to Bottom

I 0.25 ZI 0.254 m

Impeller blade length

Dd 0.75 DI 0.763 m

Impeller Disc Diameter

b 0.2 DI 0.203 m

Impeller Blade Width

Impeller Diameter
Impeller Distance from Top to Bottom

b. Mixing time
Assume:

vp 7

m
s

(high agitation)

Getting N or impeller revolutions per unit time:

vp
1
N
1.671
DI
s
Getting Froude Number:
NFr

N2 DI

0.29
g
Calculating for the mixing time:
1
6

DT
5 NFr

DI

tm
N

ZL

DT

0.5

21.904 s

Checking if there is less mixing time:

tm
less than 0.1 (desired limit)
0.073

Therefore, tm 21.904 s
c. Power dissipation:
Getting the impeller Reynolds number:
NRe

N DI 2

1.729 10 6

Since the viscosity of the slurry is assumed to be equal to water, impeller types that
can be used are either propellers or flat-blade turbines.
For a flat-blade turbine, from 4-7, Np 7
Source:
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=mI8v9robL7MC&pg=PR11&lpg=PR11&dq=p
ower+function+vs+impeller+reynolds+number&source=bl&ots=QKnnBM_YF6&sig
=6WeyXeg_8-83HIziq13r-1deCj4&hl=fil&sa=X&ei=dURXVbSpCc6B8QX9goHgAg&r
edir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=power%20function%20vs%20impeller%20reynolds%20n
umber&f=false
Calculating the power dissipation:

Vcap 22.316 m3

Pa Np N3 DI 5 3.557 10 4 W
Checking is there will be enough power for the pulp chest:
Pa 3.557 10 4 W

Pa 3.557 10 4

Vcap 22.316 m3

Vcap 22.316

Pa
1.594 10 3 which is greater than 1500 W/m3. This means that ther
Vcap
will be enough power for the reactor.
d. Number of impellers
Calculating the radius of action: 1 10 3

Pa s

 Pa
RA 9.0 10 2

1
2

536.765

RAH 0.5RA 268.383

greater than the diameter of the pulp chest

RAV 0.2 RA 107.353

greater than the height of the pulp chest

Therefore, only one impeller shall be used.

Summary of the Design Specifications:
Capacity, L
Volume of tank, L
Reactor Diameter, m
Reactor height, m
Static Liquid Depth, m
Baffle Width, m
Impeller diameter, m
Impeller Disc Diameter, m
Impeller Blade Width, m
Impeller distance from top to bottom, m
Impeller blade length, m
baffle tip distance from top to bottom, m
mixing time, s
Power dissipation, kW
Number of impeller/s

22320
26780
3.051
3.662
3.051
0.305
1.017
0.763
0.203
1.017
0.254
0.763
21.904
35.57
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