Benefits and applications

Benefits of the application

 

When using TETRAMIX static mixers, the following advantages can be guaranteed compared to regular mixers:

 

  • Low investment costs,
  • Very low energy use,
  • Less additives required,
  • Mixing and blending in seconds,
  • Mixing without blind spots,
  • Homogeneity close to 100%,
  • No engine,
  • No rotating shaft,
  • No shaft sealing,
  • No bearings to wear out,
  • No unexpected outages,
  • No maintenance required,
  • and practically no operating costs.

Areas of use

 

The most common applications are generally found in the heavy and light chemical, energy, water, pharmaceutical, food, paper and pulp, oil and gas, paint industry.

Typical tasks and applications in the listed industrial sectors

 

  • Extraction,
  • Flotation, deflotation,
  • Making or maintaining a suspension,
  • Dissolution, dilution, homogenisation
  • Liquid phase reactions,,
  • Creating dispersion or emulsion systems or emulsion breaking,
  • Increasing heat transfer,
  • Heat equalisation for temperature measurement, temperature setting,
  • Neutralisation and/or pH level control,

 

Examples of the most commonly used mixing element types

 

Typical applications standard elements PK elements
for turbulent flow number number
  • waste water flocculation
 2 - 4 6 - 12
  • mixing of the solvent
 2 - 4 8 - 12
  • pH setting for drinking water, industrial water and waste water
 2 - 6 4 - 12
  • chemical solution dilution
 2 - 4 4 - 8
  • gas distribution in a gas stream
 2 - 3 6 - 12
  • gas dispersion in liquid
 2 - 4 12 - 20
  • dispersion of a solid (powdery) substance in a liquid
 4 - 6 8 - 16
  • liquid-liquid homogenisation
 1 - 6 8 - 12
  • dissolution, disintegration
 2 - 6 8 - 12
  • liquid phase reactions, oxidation,
 2 - 8 8 - 12
for laminar flow
  • explosive substances
 3 - 8 8 - 12
  • food mixing
 6 - 12 12 - 24
  • fliquid phase reactions, oxidation
 27 - 42 32 - 48

 

 

Standard design TETRAMIX static mixer
h’=f(Q) lines for turbulent flow		 PK design TETRAMIX static mixer
h’=f(Q) lines for turbulent flow

Optional mixing element types for static mixer design

1. Types that can be selected per element

TETRAMIX mixing element types and their labeling View of mixing element Mixing formats that can be implemented
Standard; T
open; TC
open curved; TCi

 

2. Optional types per units

TETRAMIX mixing element units, polymix types View of mixing element assembly Mixing formats that can be implemented
from polymix sheet elements; TPK
polymix of slotted sheet elements; TPR
polymix assembly from standard elements. TPT  
polymix assembly from open elements; TPC
polymix assembly from open curved elements: TPCi

3. Choosing a TETRAMIX static mixer type based on viscosities, flow patterns and Reynolds number characteristics

Viscosity of the substances to be mixed Flow patterns in empty pipe Typical Reynold's number ranges

Recommended TetraMIX mixing element type

 Type symbol Mixer design Number of the elements
high viscosity lamináris 1 ~ 10 standard TPT polymix; discrete elements 32 - 72
10 ~ 100 standard TPT 32 - 60
slotted sheet TPR 32 - 96
100 ~ 600 standard TPT 23 - 48
open TPC 24 - 48
medium viscosity slotted sheet TPR 24 - 48
600 ~ 2 000 standard TPT 12 - 24
open TPC 12 - 32
sheet TPK 12 - 48
lamináris közeli
átmenti zónás		 2 000 ~ 4 000 standard TPT 4 - 12
open TPC 4 - 12
sheet TPK 8 - 24
low viscosity
(close to water)		 átmeneti zónás 4 000 ~ 60 000 standard T polymix; discrete elements 1 - 6
open TC 1 - 6
open curved TCi 1 - 4
sheet TPK 4 - 12
átmeneti zónás
kvázi turbulens		 60 000 ~ 100 000 standard T 1 - 4
open TC 1 - 4
open curved TCi 1 - 4
sheet TPK 4 - 12
turbulent 100 000 ~ standard T discrete elements 1 - 2
open TC 1 - 2
nyitott ívelt TCi 1 - 2
sheet TPK polymix 4 - 8