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[peejoee]

Hi! Im trying to design a horizontal decanter or separator tank for separation of crude glycerol and free fatty acids but i cant find any reference for the sizing calculations for liquid liquid separators. I also dont know the typical residence time and droplet size for this kind of mixture. Do you have any idea how to design this? I tred using stokes’s law but im getting small results for area and diameter.

[breizh]

Let you try these attached resources.

Lab test will also give you an indication about decantation time, knowing the process condition (T,P) and ratio of flowrates.

EDIT: Share your calculation for us to comment.

Is this the best way to separate the chemicals ?

pdf

Good luck

Breizh

Attached Files

•  Royal Dutch_Shell Group.-Liquid_Liquid and Gas_Liquid_Liquid Separators - Type Selection and Design Rules.pdf   1.07MB   12 downloads
•  Liq-liq_Separations_HP_June09.pdf   1018.36KB   11 downloads