A new pneumatic bearing dynamometer for power input measurement in stirred tanks |
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Authors: | Roberto Res ndiz,Alfredo Martí nez,Gabriel Ascanio,Enrique Galindo |
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Affiliation: | Roberto Reséndiz,Alfredo Martínez,Gabriel Ascanio,Enrique Galindo |
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Abstract: | A turntable dynamometer has been constructed for the accurate measurement of power input and mixing applications in bench stirred tank reactors. The main feature of this device is a pneumatic bearing with complementary conical parts. The conical pneumatic bearing permitted to apply eccentric loads without affecting its stability. The static friction torque in the pneumatic bearing was very small, 4 × 10?4 Nm, and can be neglected in the experimental ranges of measured torques, i.e. from 5 × 10?3 to 2.21 Nm. In accordance with the instrumentation used, the deviations obtained with the apparatus are less than 10% at low torque readings. At moderate torques, deviations lower than 1% are routinely obtained. Several power input measurements show that the obtained data scatter is lower than 2.5%. The power input response in the turbulent regime is in agreement with dimensional analysis: the power input depends on the cube of the impeller speed. In addition, data obtained with a turbine impeller under ungassed conditions agree with the predictions of a published correlation, which takes into account several geometrical parameters. |
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