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Rushton impeller power number question
Thanks Pierreick, this is good information. I haven't found anything on power number correction factor yet. TiCl4 You're right. I'm trying to scale to keep the same mixing time. Compositepro, there are calculations to calculate the optimal # of impellers depending on liquid hight and volume. I...- Joeppeoj
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Rushton impeller power number question
I am a biotech process engineer, working on a down scale model of our large scale process. In the large scale process we are using a 1000L reactor with 3 rushton impellers. We will use a small scale process of 2 L with 2 rushton impellers. To accurately calculate and justify the stirring speed...- Joeppeoj
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