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ChE 402
ChE Laboratory 1
Experiment No.7
Name: ___________________ Course and Year: ____________
Group: ___________________ Date: ______________________
I. TITLE: AGITATION
II. OBJECTIVE:
a. To calculate the power requirement in both baffled and unbaffled tanks.
b. To compare the NP vs NRe for both baffled and unbaffled tank.
III. THEORY:
Liquids are most often agitated in some kind of tank or vessel, usually cylindrical
in form and with a vertical axis. The top of the vessel may be open to the air; more
usually it is closed. The proportions of the tank vary widely, depending on the nature of
the agitation problem. Another important factor in designing an agitated vessel is the
power required to drive the impeller or mixing equipment. Baffles are often included to
reduce tangential motion.
Since the power required for a given system cannot be predicted theoretically, empirical
correlations have been developed to predict the power required. The presence or
absence of turbulence can be correlated with the impeller Reynolds number N Re,
2
NRe =
where Da is the impeller (agitator) diameter in m, N is rotational speed in rev/s, is fluid
density in kg/m3, and is viscosity in kg/ms. The flow is laminar in the tank for NRe <
10, turbulent for NRe > 104, and for a range between 10 and 104, the flow is transitional,
being turbulent at the impeller and laminar in remote parts of the vessel.
For a rotating object, the linear distance covered at the circumference in a radian
of rotation is the product of the radius with the angular speed. That is: linear speed =
radius x angular speed.
The radius r and time t have dropped out of the equation. However angular speed
must be in radians, by the assumed direct relationship between linear speed and
angular speed at the beginning of the derivation. If the rotational speed is measured in
revolutions per unit of time, the linear speed and distance are increased proportionately
by in the above derivation to give the experimental power requirement which is:
Pexp = tw
2p
Pexp = FM
N
60
Where F = Force in N; M = Moment arm in m; N = Rotational speed in rev/min.
IV. DATA AND COMPUTATION:
c) Compare and graph NP vs NRe for both baffled and unbaffled mixing tanks.
Tank Specifications Baffles Specifications Impeller Specifications
Diameter,
DT 0.2880 Height, m HB 0.4400 Diameter, m D' 0.3500
m
Height, m HT 0.4230 Width, m WB 0.0240 Elevation, m Z' 0.1060
Thickness, Thickness,
TT 0.0061 TB 0.0030 Length, m L' 0.0650
m m
Volume, m3 VT 0.0276 Thickness, m T' 0.0015
Shaft Length, m Lshaft 0.3170
Water at 26
Moment arm, m M 0.1160
Unbaffled Mixing
rev/min rev/s rad/s
, Nm Pexp, W NRe NP
RPM N FN, N
0 0
50 0.99
60 1.19
70 1.39
80 1.59
90 1.79
100 1.98
110 2.18
Baffled Mixing
rev/min rev/s rad/s
, Nm Pexp, W NRe NP
RPM N FN, N
0 0
50 1.08
60 1.29
70 1.51
80 1.72
90 1.93
100 2.15
110 2.37
V. GUIDE QUESTION:
Explain the difference between baffled and unbaffled mixing tanks and why does baffled
mixing tanks need more power requirement?
VI. CONCLUSION:
VII. RECOMMENDATION: