Mixing simulations for
glass-lined reactors

 

Mixing Simulation Questionnaire

Let De Dietrich customize your reactor's agitation system to produce optimized reaction results. Our exclusive software and database of mixing parameters allows us to research and recommend the proper equipment to yield maximum results.

Remember, mixing in a glass-lined steel reactor is different than mixing in other types of vessels. This is because of:

VisiMix Mixixing simulation software running on a laptop.
VisiMix® Mixing software

  • The D/T and D/L ratio (diameter to impeller span and diameter to length)
  • Glass-lined tanks usually have only 1 baffle, resulting in an underbaffled situation.
  • Mixing in glass-lined reactors is a result of swirl, axial flow and shear
  • Mixing in glass-lined vessels takes more power per 1000 gallons than alloy vessels
Sample of Mixing Simulation Showing agitation in a Glass Lined Steel Vessel
VisiMix® Program Display

While other mixing companies can make good recommendations regarding agitator and drive selections on alloy tanks, only De Dietrich has the equipment, expertise and history to make the best recommendation for mixing in the specialized world of glass-lined steel reactors. Our goal is to provide you with mixing solutions that can:

  • Improve yield
  • Maximize product quality
  • Increase heat transfer
  • Reduce batch time
  • Control crystal growth
  • Refine process flexibility

De Dietrich is able to make these recommendations based upon a variety of tools that we have purchased or developed on our own, or as the result of research done in conjunction with Universities and Industry leaders in the field of mixing. Some of these tools are:

  1. De Dietrich mixing research done at our mixing lab in Zinswiller, France
  2. Lightnin research study, Rochester, New York, 1991
  3. Laser Mixing Lab study
  4. Small bench-top scaled mixing studies (done at De Dietrich New Jersey and France) Agitation Test Video
  5. Full size mixing tests using a SA-2000 gallon reactor
  6. Customized VisiMix® mixing software
  7. De Dietrich developed mixing software
  8. Customer verifications of recommended solutions.

Let De Dietrich help you with your next mixing challenge.
Click here to go to the Agitation Simulation Questionnaire and let De Dietrich get to work for you! De Dietrich - the glass-lined mixing specialists

 

Click here to see an actual VisiMix® mixing simulation.

Lightnin research report # 7219.004 showing velocity vectors
Lightnin Research Report # 7219.004
showing velocity vectors

CFD mixing study showing side-wall mounted baffles
CFD mixing study
(Side-wall mounted baffles shown)

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