Description
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsForeword xix
Foreword to Agitator Design Technology for Biofuels and Renewable Chemicals, Gregory T. Benz xxi
Foreword by Dan Beacom (Beacom Consulting) xxv
Preface xxvii
Author Biography xxxiii
1 Purpose of Agitator Design 1
2 Major Steps in Successful Agitator Design 3
3 Agitator Design Basics 11
4 Impeller Types and Flow Patterns 35
5 Agitator Design for Liquid Motion 71
6 Side-Entering Agitator Design 93
7 Application Guide for Starch and Sugar-Based Ethanol Processes 109
8 Application Guide: Cellulosic Ethanol and Renewable Chemicals 143
9 Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Application Guide 165
10 Pyrolysis Application Guide 189
11 Agitation Scale-up 197
12 Basic Rheology and Viscometry 217
13 Cellulosic Materials and Hydrolysis Reactor Agitator Design 253
14 Use of CFD in Biofuel Agitator Design 281
15 Mechanical Design of Agitators 1: Shafts and Impellers 297
16 Mechanical Design of Agitators 2: Gear Reducers, AKA Agitator Drives 339
17 Vendor Evaluation 357
18 Summary of Book 371
Appendix 1 373
Appendix 2 377
Afterword 381
Index 383
