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Design Calculations For Slurry Agitators in Alumina Refinery
Design Calculations For Slurry Agitators in Alumina Refinery
Design Calculations For Slurry Agitators in Alumina Refinery
Agitator RPM, N = Drive Motor RPM/Gear Box Reduction Ratio = 1500/75 = 20 rpm
Flow Number: Nq = 0.56
And
Power Number,
= 0.51
Shaft Power,
Where
Np = Impeller power no.,
Di = Diameter of impeller in meters,
Shaft RPM, N = revolutions per minute
Shaft Power, P = 0.51 * 1.602 * (4.402)5 * 203 / (16 *104) = 85.98 h.p.
Taking Gear Box Efficiency = 80% and Drive Motor Efficiency = 95%,
Design margin
= 1.15
Drive Motor Rating = 1.15 * 85.98/(0.80 * 0.95) =130 h.p. = 97.0 kW.
Thus the drive motor of about 100 kW shall be adequate for successful
operation of agitator of 3000 m3 Pre-desilication tank in Alumina refinery.
Conclusions
The developed methodology clearly reveals that motor rating calculations for any
slurry mixing agitator can be carried out easily by simply replacing the associated
input process conditions, operating parameters, dimensions of tanks / vessel and
appropriate power number for impeller in above simplified derivation.