FF0 Agitation Mixing - Part I

CHE C 213
Fluid Flow Operations

Lecture Notes/Slides on
Agitation and Mixing

(Lecture 1, 2 and 3)
Dr. ASHISH M GUJARATHI
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Email: ashishg@bits-pilani.ac.in
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Dr. Ashish M Gujarathi
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A Typical Chemical Plant

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Lecture Plan
• Agitation and Mixing
– Introduction
– Applications
– Agitated Vessels
– Impellers
• Propeller
• Turbines
• High efficiency impellers
• Anchor Agitator
• Helical and Ribbon type impellers
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Lecture Plan
• Agitation and Mixing
– Turbine Design
– Flow Patterns
– Vortex formation and Prevention
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• Applications
– Many operations in Process industries depend on
effective agitation and mixing of fluids
– Mass transfer and multi-phase processes
• Gas-Liquid Mass Transfer
• Liquid-Liquid Mass Transfer
• Liquid –Solid Mass Transfer
• Solid –Solid Mass Transfer
– Agitation and mixing are not synonymous
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• Agitation:
– Agitation refers to forcing a fluid by mechanical
means to flow in a specified way usually in
circulatory pattern.
• Mixing
– Mixing refers to random distribution between
separate phases
• E.g. A tankful of cold water can be agitated, but it cannot be
mixed until some other material (i.e., salt or hot water) is
added to it
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• Mixing term is applied to a variety of

operations (differing in degree of
homogeneity)
– Two gases that are brought together and
thoroughly blended and
– Sand, gravel, cement, and water tumbled in a
rotating drum for a long time
• Though products are not equally homogeneous ,
– In both the cases product is said to be mixed
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• Purposes of agitation
– Suspending solid particles in liquid
– Blending miscible liquids
– Dispersing a gas through the liquid in the form of
small bubble
– Dispersing second liquid, immiscible with first to
form an emulsion or suspension of fine drops
– Promoting Heat Transfer between the liquid and a
heating coil or jacket
Often one Agitator serves purposes at the same time
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Agitated Vessel (with agitator)

Inlet Connection
Top of vessel
(Either Open
Or Sealed with
Gasket in between
Tank and rounded
Proportions of tank top)
Vary widely,
depending on
the nature of
agitation problem Impeller causes liquid
to circulate through
the vessel and return
to impeller
Baffles used to reduce
tangential motion Rounded Bottom (Not Flat)
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Agitation Equipments
• Agitation Equipments
– Gas Sparger, Jet Mixer, Bubble Column
• Mixing of gas with liquid
– Agitator, Centrifugal pump
• Agitation of Liquid with Liquid
– Double cone mixer or concrete mixer , Screw
Conveyer
• Mixing of solids with solid
– Colloid Mills, Mixing rolls, Pan mixer or putty
chasers for clay mixing
• Mixing of solids with liquids
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Selection of Agitator
• Impeller Agitator
– Axial Flow impeller (a)
Those that generate
currents parallel with
the axis of the
impeller shaft
– Radial flow impeller (b)
Those that generate
currents in a radial (a) (b)
or tangential direction
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Selection of Impellers
• The selection of impeller depends on viscosity
– Low to moderate viscous liquids
• Propellers (Viscosity < 3 Pa-s)
• Turbines (Viscosity < 100 Pa-s)
– Very Viscous liquids
• Anchor Agitator ( 50 < Viscosity < 500 Pa-s)
• Helical and Ribbon type impellers (Viscosity > 500 Pa-s)
Each type includes many variations and subtypes
which are not discussed here
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Impellers: Propeller
• Propeller (for Viscosity < 3 Pa-s)
– Axial flow, high speed impeller for liquids
– 400-1750 rpm motor speed
– Two, three, four bladed propeller are generally
used
– Three bladed turbine are common with square
pitch Longitudinal distance moved by the liquid in one revolution
at certain angle of inclination of propeller blade
Pitch =
Propeller diameter
– Propeller with a pitch 1.0 is : Square pitch

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• Propeller
– The direction of rotation is usually chosen to force
the liquid downward, and the flow currents
leaving the impeller continue until deflected by
floor of the vessel.
Three Blade marine propeller

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• Propeller
– Propellers rarely exceeds 18 in. in diameter
– In deep tanks two or more propellers may be
mounted on same shaft, usually directing the
liquid in the same direction
– Because of persistence of flow currents
• Propellers are effective in very large vessels
Six Blade propeller and Shaft

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Impellers: Turbines
• Simple straight blade turbine (Visco. < 100 Pa-s)
– Pushes liquid radially and tangentially with almost
no vertical motion at the impeller
– Also called as paddles: 2-4 bladed paddles are
common
– In Process vessels they turn at 20 – 150 rpm
– Length of Paddle : 50-80% of vessel diameter
– Width of blade: 1/6 – 1/10 of the length
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Impellers: Turbines
• Turbine (continued..)
– Anchor Agitator:
• Blades conform to the shape of dished or hemispherical
vessel, so that they scrap the surface. Useful in
prevailing deposits on a heat transfer surface
– Baffles
• Necessary to reduce swirl around the vessel
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Impellers: Turbines
• Disc turbines
– Multiple straight blades mounted on a horizontal
disc (Fig. c):
• Creates a zone of higher shear rate
– Especially useful for dispersing a gas in a liquid
– Concave blade turbine is also used when good
overall circulation is important (Fig. d)
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Impellers for high viscosity liquids

– Pitched Blade turbine (Fig. e)
• Used when good overall
circulation is important, because
it provides some axial flow in
addition to radial flow
High efficiency impeller HE3

A 310 fluid foil impeller
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Impellers : Turbines
• Impellers for highly viscose liquids
– Double flight helical ribbon (a)
• Used widely in Polymerization reactors
– Anchor Impellor (b) (Bottom mixing)
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Turbine Design:Typical Dimensions

The Designer of Agitated vessels has an unusually large number of choices
to make as to Type and Location of Impeller, Proportions of vessels, number
And proportions of baffles, Motor Speed, Speed of Agitator, etc.
Side View
Da 1 H J 1 E 1 W 1 L 1
= =1 = = = =
Dt 3 Dt Dt 12 Da 3 Dt 5 Da 4
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Flow Patterns
• The way liquid moves in an agitated vessel
depends on
– Characteristics of liquid i.e. viscosity, size and
properties of the tank, baffles and impeller
• The velocity at any point in the tank depends
on three components and the flow pattern in
tank depends upon variations in these
components
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Flow Patterns
• Velocity components
– Radial and acts in a direction perpendicular to shaft
of impeller
– Longitudinal and acts in a direction parallel to the
shaft
– Tangential or rotational and acts in a direction
tangent to a circular path around the shaft
• Overall flow pattern in the tank/vessel depends on
variations in these 3 Velocity Components
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Flow Patterns
• Velocity components and Vortex Formation
– In usual case of vertical shafts, the radial and
tangential components are in horizontal plane and
the longitudinal component are in a vertical
– Radial and longitudinal components are useful
and provide the flow necessary for mixing action
– When shaft is vertical and located at central,
tangential component is disadvantageous
– Tangential flow follows a circular path around the
shaft and creates a vortex
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Vortex in a reactor
• Unbaffled vessel with vortex
• At high impeller speeds, Vortex may touch
impeller: Undesirable
Shaft
Cylindrical Vessel
Side View Top View

Swirling flow pattern with radial-flow turbine in an unbaffled vessel
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Prevention of Swirling
• Circulatory flow or swirling can be prevented
by
– Mounting impeller off-center (in small tanks)
– Moving shaft away from the centerline of tank,
then tilted in plane perpendicular to the direction
of move
– In larger tank, the agitator may be mounted in the
side of the tank, with a horizontal plane but an
angle with a radius
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Prevention of Swirling
Fig. Flow Pattern with off-center propeller

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Draft Tubes
• Draft Tubes
– When direction and velocity of flow to the section
of the impeller are to be controlled, draft tubes
are used.
– This devices are useful when high shear at the
impeller is desired.
– Loop Reactor??
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Draft tubes
• Draft tubes for propellers are mounted around the
impeller, and those for turbines are mounted
immediately above the impeller
Turbine Draft tube Propeller draft tube

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Fluid Flow Operations

Agitation and Mixing

You may give your course related feedback.

A Typical Chemical Plant

Agitation and Mixing

Agitation and Mixing

• Mixing term is applied to a variety of

Agitation and Mixing

Agitated Vessel (with agitator)

– Propeller with a pitch 1.0 is : Square pitch

Three Blade marine propeller

Six Blade propeller and Shaft

Impellers for high viscosity liquids

High efficiency impeller HE3

Turbine Design:Typical Dimensions

Side View Top View

Fig. Flow Pattern with off-center propeller

Turbine Draft tube Propeller draft tube

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