Mixing, Blending and Agglomeration: Volume 1-Combining Liquids - electronic book

Volume One of this two-part series focuses on the fundamentals and practical applications of mixing and blending liquid ingredients. Written in a tutorial style, these articles provide proven engineering recommendations for addressing commonly encountered mixing challenges.

Special attention is given to selecting the best mixer type, sizing equipment properly, and minimizing scaleup issues. Coverage includes the impact of impeller design on mixer performance, the advantages of mixer testing, and strategies for optimizing gas-liquid mixing.

All articles are practical and how-to oriented, originally published in Chemical Engineering, and include several classic, hard-to-find resources.

Features & Benefits

• Proven Engineering Guidance: Tutorial-style content with actionable advice for mixing and blending challenges.
• Equipment Selection: Practical insights into choosing mixers, sizing equipment, and minimizing scaleup risks.
• Impeller Design: Understand how impeller design affects mixer performance and process outcomes.
• Specialized Applications: Coverage of emulsions, high-shear mixing, gas-liquid systems, and static mixers.
• Maintenance & Operation: Guidance on specifying and maintaining agitated reactors and mixing systems.
• Classic Resources: Includes timeless, hard-to-find articles from Chemical Engineering.

Audience

• Chemical engineers working with mixing and blending operations
• Plant and process engineers responsible for scaleup and reactor design
• Maintenance and operations managers in chemical processing facilities
• R&D professionals working on emulsions, pharmaceuticals, or specialty chemicals
• Engineering students and educators in process design and equipment engineering

Table of Contents

• Facts at Your Fingertips: Gas-Liquid Mixing: Physical Considerations
• Facts at Your Fingertips: Gas Sparging
• Mixing Systems: Design and Scale Up
• Ten Things You May Not Know About Liquid Mixing Scaleup
• How Fluid Properties Affect Mixer & Impeller Design
• The Unexpected Rewards of Testing a Mixer
• Mix or Match: Choose the Best Mixers Every Time
• Mixer Specification a la Spreadsheet
• Facing the Challenge of Mixing Problem Fluids
• Making Emulsions – Vacuum Processing in Cosmetics & Pharma
• Mechanical Design Aspects for High-Performance Agitated Reactors
• From Batch to Continuous Processing
• CSTRs: Bound for Maximum Conversion
• Don’t Be Baffled – Selecting and Sizing Static Mixers
• High-Shear Mixing – Avoiding Common Misconceptions
• Viscosity: The Basics
• Increase Productivity Through Better Gas-Liquid Mixing
• Millichannel Reactors: A Practical Middle Ground for Production
• Lifecycle Costs for Capital Equipment in the CPI