Characteristic quantities of an agitated system

Mixing pasty products — Characteristics of an agitated system

Figure 1 - Operating ranges of different agitation systems

Figure 2 - Main local mobiles

Figure 3 - Multi-stage or dual-movement mixers

Figure 4 - Moritz turbosphere mixers with special mobile at the bottom of the tank (doc. Pierre Guérin)

Figure 5 - Planetary mixers

Figure 6 - Horizontal mixers

Figure 7 - Dynamic mixer: the tonic reactor

Figure 8 - Static mixers (doc. Sté Pompes LEWA)

Figure 9 - Main steps in determining the Ks factor using the Metzner and Otto concept [14]

Figure 10 - Laminar power curves for fluids with Newtonian and pseudoplastic behavior (after Rieger and Novak [59])

Figure 11 - Abacus used by Zlokarnik [110] to determine the most efficient agitation that minimizes the energy expended to perform a mixing operation in a given time.

Figure 12 - Example of information accessible through numerical simulation work

Figure 13 - Example of meshes made on proximity stirrers

Figure 14 - Correlation of heat transfer during mixing of a Newtonian fluid in an agitated system equipped with a helical ribbon