Agitated processing

Simard et al. [Can. J. Chem. Eng., 39, 229 (1961)]. Continuous extraction of uranium from aqueous nitrate solutions into kerosine -t- trihiityl phosphate and from sulfate solutions containing tricaprylamine unbaffled vessel, propeller agitated. Process details for high recovery and low reagent costs. 

The agitation studies for PET depolymerization were performed in the Atlas Launder-ometer. The Launder-ometer is a device for rotating closed containers in a thermostatically controlled water bath. The procedure used in these experiments was adapted from an American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC) standard test method. The 5% sodium hydroxide solution (250 mL) was preheated to 80°C in a 1-pint stainless steel jar. The catalysts were added in the following amounts in separate experiments TOMAC (0.04 g, 0.0001 mol) TOMAB (0.045 g, 0.0001 mol) and HTMAB (0.045 g, 0.0001 mol). The PET fiber specimens (1.98 g, 0.01 mol) were placed in the containers along with ten -in. stainless steel balls to aid in the agitation process. The jars were sealed in the Launder-ometer, whose bath was at the desired temperature (80°C). The machine was allowed to run for the allowed treatment times (i.e., 30, 60, 90, 150, and 240 min) at 42 rpm. Upon decanting, any residual fibers... 

When the reactor is scaled up to 60 cm radius, however, the operating point is between the two curves. This means that the reaction can be safely run at 50°C in a well-agitated process vessel of 60 cm radius with the heat transfer coefficient as stated above becauseerating point is below the Semenov curve. In case the agitation is lost, however, the Frank-Kamenetskii curve becomes the better predictor of runaway temperatures, and because the operating point is above this curve, the estimate is that the reaction will run away. The calculation of the Frank-Kamentskii method is available in ASTME-1231 [166]. 

Agitation, pilot plant, 18 730-731 Agitation leaching, 16 153 Agitation process, 9 165 Agitator dryers, 9 131-133 Agitators... 

However, in the jet-cleaning agitation process the chamber has to be completely filled with... 

Ackley E.)., Film Coefficients of Heat Transfer For Agitated Process Vessels, Chem. Engng. (1960) Aug. 22, p. 133-140... 

Heat transfer is an important consideration when the fluid motion in the vessel is in the laminar flow regime. It influences the design and operation of agitated process vessels such as reactors, evaporators, and crystallizers. For a review of working relationships, see Dream [76]. 

The superficial phenomena of physical-chemical interaction of the liquid and solid phases and formation of the composite material microstructures proceed most intensively during rubber binder preparation. Therefore, the conditions under which the binder is prepared exert essential influence on the properties of composites. Uniformity of the prepared binder is defined by the intensity of the agitation process and depends on the process s speed and duration. 

In industrial processes heat energy is transferred by a variety of methods, including conduction in electric-resistance heaters conduction-convection in exchangers, boilers, and condensers radiation in furnaces and radiant-heat dryers and by special methods such as dielectric heating. Often the equipment operates under steady-state conditions, but in many processes it operates cyclically, as in regenerative furnaces and agitated process vessels. 

Ackley, E. J., Film Coefficient of Heat Transfer for Agitated Process Vessels, Chemical Engineering, August 22, 1960. 

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