Agitated vessels 1114 INDEX

Example 9-3 Designing a New Agitator. A new process is to be carried out in a baffled vessel that is 2 m in diameter operating with a liquid depth of 2 m. The fluid has a density of 995 kg/m and a shear-thinning rheology. The consistency index, K, has a value of 5.25 Pa s and a flow behavior index, n, of 0.654. 

Example 9-6. A small volume of liquid is to be added to a large volume of viscous fluid in a vessel that is 2 m in diameter. The depth will also be 2 m. The fluid has a density of 990 kg/m and is shear-thinning with a consistency index of 1450 Pa s and a flow behavior index of 0.45. A sample will be taken after 10 min to check that the fluid is homogeneous. Design an agitator for this process. 

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