Mixing pilot tests

Design criteria for carbon adsorption include type and concentration of contaminant, hydrauhc loading, bed depth, and contact time. Typical ranges are 1.4—6.8 L/s/m for hydrauhc loading, 1.5—9.1 m for bed depth, and 10—50 minutes for contact time (1). The adsorption capacity for a particular compound or mixed waste stream can be deterrnined as an adsorption isotherm and pilot tested. The adsorption isotherm relates the observed effluent concentration to the amount of material adsorbed per mass of carbon. 

Design Methods for Turbo-Tray Dryers The heat- and mass-transfer mechanisms are similar to those in batch tray diyers, except that constant turning over and mixing of the solids significantly improves diying rates. Design must usually be based on previous installations or pilot tests by the manufacturer apparent heat-transfer... 

Mixed results, as indicated by the decreasing gasoline-equivalent hydrocarbon burn rate and increasing natural gas consumption, were observed after these adjustments to the system. The gasoline-equivalent hydrocarbon burn rate decreased from between 0.55 and 0.60 gal/hr to between 0.25 and 0.30 gal/hr. However, by the next set of mini-pilot tests, completed on November 19, 1996, the bubblers were successful in removing not only the PSH in these two wells, but also a significant portion of the PSH present in monitor wells in the vicinity. 

Effect(s) of reactor mixing and feed distribution on formation of byproducts. Pilot testing is often the first opportunity for conducting the process reactions in equipment that approximates subsequent scale-up to commercial... 

The pilot test was in the Northwestern block of the Lamadian field. The target formation was in PI1.2. Some of the reservoir, fluid, and well data are shown in Table 5.19. The produced water came from the La400 produced water treatment station it was transported into a pressure container and put in contact with air for 5 minutes before it was transported into a reaction container for 2 hours. Then it was pumped into a water pipeline to mix with a mother polymer... 

One of the primary reasons that the spray dryer-scrubber is able to achieve excellent sulfur dioxide removal with such low liquid-to-gas ratios is the small size of the droplets produced by the high speed centrifugal atomizer. This type of atomizer also has an easily controlled turndown capability which is a desirable feature that has been demonstrated in the pilot tests. As gas flow decreases, the amount of sodium carbonate solution can be decreased in direct proportion without interfering with sulfur dioxide removal efliciency. The atomizer actually produces finer droplets at the lower liquid flow rates. This appears to compensate for any gas-liquid mixing problems that could impair performance. 

Spray drying services for the food, fine chemical, and chemical industry, liquid storage ISO 9002 certified, wet mixing and blending, large and small production, pilot test facilities). 

Pilot tests are relevant in the final decision of selection or design of any specific mixing process. In general larger pilot plant units would provide more reliable data for performance prediction of large-scale powder mixing plants. With geometrically similar tumblers, if the speeds are adjusted to... 

Both the Toth and Alcoa processes provide aluminum chloride for subsequent reduction to aluminum. Pilot-plant tests of these processes have shown difficulties exist in producing aluminum chloride of the purity needed. In the Toth process for the production of aluminum chloride, kaolin [1332-58-7] clay is used as the source of alumina (5). The clay is mixed with sulfur and carbon, and the mixture is ground together, pelletized, and calcined at 700°C. The calcined mixture is chlorinated at 800°C and gaseous aluminum chloride is evolved. The clay used contains considerable amounts of silica, titania, and iron oxides, which chlorinate and must be separated. Silicon tetrachloride and titanium tetrachloride are separated by distillation. Resublimation of aluminum chloride is requited to reduce contamination from iron chloride. 

Scale-up techniques for using the results of pilot plant or bench scale test w ork to establish the equivalent process results for a commercial or large scale plant mixing system design require careful specialized considerations and usually are best handled by the mixer manufacturer s specialist. The methods to accomplish scale-up will vary considerably, depending on whether the actual operation is one of blending, chemical reaction tvith product concentrations, gas dispersions, heat transfer, solids suspensions, or others. 

A reaction is to be carried out in an agitated vessel. Pilot scale tests have been carried out under fully turbulent conditions in a tank 0.6 m in diameter, fitted with baffles and provided with a flat-bladed turbine, and it has been found that satisfactory mixing is obtained at a rotor speed of 4 Hz when the power consumption is 0.15 kW and the Reynolds number 160,000. What should be the rotor speed in order to achieve the same degree of mixing if the linear scale of the equipment if increased by a factor of 6 and what will be the Reynolds number and the power consumption ... 

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