(a) If the 6-ft tank described in Example 9.6 is equipped with a large impeller (D a...

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(a) If the 6-ft tank described in Example 9.6 is equipped with a large impeller (Da/Dt = 2/3 instead of 1/3), what impeller speed will be needed to give the same power input of 2 hp per 1,000 gal? 

(b) How does the predicted mixing time compare with that for the smaller impeller in the same tank?

Example 9.6

A pilot-plant vessel 0.3 m in diameter is agitated by a six-blade turbine impeller 0.1 m in diameter. When the impeller Reynolds number is 104, the blending time of two miscible liquids is found to be 15 s. The power required is 0.4 kW/m3 of liquid. 

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Unit Operations Of Chemical Engineering

ISBN: 9780072848236

7th Edition

Authors: Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter Harriott

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