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Design of Agitator 8 Batch Volume PDF

This document summarizes the design of an agitator for a batch reactor. It provides details of the reactor dimensions and contents, agitator specifications, power requirements, shaft material selection, stress analysis, deflection calculation, and critical speed analysis. The initial agitator diameter did not meet the elastic limit, so it was increased to 65mm. With this change, the design meets all requirements and is satisfactory as the actual agitator speed is 67.9% of the critical speed.

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Design of Agitator 8 Batch Volume PDF

This document summarizes the design of an agitator for a batch reactor. It provides details of the reactor dimensions and contents, agitator specifications, power requirements, shaft material selection, stress analysis, deflection calculation, and critical speed analysis. The initial agitator diameter did not meet the elastic limit, so it was increased to 65mm. With this change, the design meets all requirements and is satisfactory as the actual agitator speed is 67.9% of the critical speed.

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Design of Agitator

8 Batch Volume
6 Vessel Diameter
6 Agitator diameter
Agitation rpm
Overhang of agitator between shaft
bearing & agitator
No of Agitator
Properties of reactor contents
Density
Viscosity

V
T
D
N

=
=
=
=

14
2
0.6
75

=
=

1400
300

Np
P

=
=
=
=
=
=

1.37
0.792
0.079
0.174
1.05

=
=
=
=

Carbon Steel

rpm
m

kg/m3
cp

Agitator Data
1 Agitator Type

Calculation
Power Requirement
Power Number
Power Required
Gland Loss (10%)
Transmission loss (20%)
Total requirement
Rounding to

P
P

1.00

hp
hp
hp
hp

Agitator shaft diameter


Select shaft MOC

Permissible shear stress, fs


Elastic limit , f
Modulus of Elasticity, E
Output Torque, Tc
Max. torque, Tm
Polar modulus of section of c/s , Zp
(d)3
d
Force acting on radius from the axis of
agitator shaft, Fm
Bending moment, M
Equivalent bending moment, Me
Elastic limit, f

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=
=

37.2
240
210000

N/mm2
N/mm2
N/mm2

95031.847 N-mm

142547.8 N-mm
3831.929 mm3
19525.75 mm3
26.93
mm
634
2534183
2536186
1324

N
N-mm
N-mm
N/mm2

Elastic limit is greater than permissible limit,Change agitator diameter, d

d
Elastic limit, f

=
=

65
94

mm
N/mm2

Elastic limit is within permissible limit

Deflection of Shaft (D):


=
=

875796.3 mm4
73
mm

Critical Speed (Nc):


Nc

110

rpm

Actual speed as % of critical speed

67.9

Design is Satisfactory
Checked with critical speed.
Note: Actual speed of agitator should be 40 to 65 % of the critical speed and should not be

70 to 130 % of the critical speed.

14.139

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