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Stirring: Theory and PracticeMarko ZlokarnikMurk0 Zlokurnik Stirring Theory and Practice ***@WILEY-VCH Weinheim - New York - Chichester - Brisbane - Singapore - Toronto Prof: Dr. Marko Zlokarnik GrillparzerstraBe 58 8010 Graz Austria This book was carefully produced. Nevertheless, editors, authors and publisher do not warrant the information contained therein to be free of errors. Readers are advised to keep in mind that statements, data, illustrations, procedural details or other items may inadvertently be urate. Library of Congress Card No.: applied for A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Die Deutsche Bibliothek - CIP Cataloguing-in-Publication-Data A catalogue record for this publication is available from Die Deutsche Bibliothek 0 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, D-69469 Weinheim (Federal Republic of Germany). 2001 All rights reserved (including those of translation in other languages). No part of this book may be reproduced in any form - by photoprinting, microfilm, or any other means - nor transmitted or translated into machine language without written permission from the publishers. Registered names, trademarks, etc. used in this book, even when not specifically marked as such, are not to be considered unprotected by law. Printed in the Federal Republic of Germany. Printed on acid-free paper. Typesetting Asco Typesetters, Hong Kong Printing Strauss Offsetdruck GmbH, 69503 Morlenbach Bookbinding Schaffer GmbH & Co. KG, 67269 Griinstadt ISBN 3-527-29996-3 Con tents Preface xii Symbols xu 1 Stirring, general 1 Stirring operations 1 Mixing equipment 2 Mixing tanks and their fittings Stirrer types and their operating characteristics Nozzles and spargers 11 Sealing of stirrer shafts 12 Mechanical stress 14 Stress on baffles 14 Stress on stirrer heads 14 Tank