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Oil Blending: Mixing and Contamination

Barton, N. and Spencer, S. and Zhu, Z. (1993) Oil Blending: Mixing and Contamination. [Study Group Report]

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Abstract

The Shell Company of Australia has a frequent need to blend lubricants. Blending, sometimes involving three lubricant oils and additives, takes place by jet mixing in large tanks of typically 45,000 titres capacity. The jets are driven by pumps with typical volume throughput of up to 1,000 titres per minute, and typical blending times may be as long as one or two hours.

The jet blending process was investigated in a number of ways at the Study Group. These included: simple estimates for blending times, theoretical and experimental description of jet behaviour, development of a simple compartment model for the blending process, and several large scale computer simulations of the jet-induced motion using a commercial Computational Fluid Dynamics package. In addition, the sedimentation of contaminant particles in the tanks was investigated. This overall investigation, using a variety of approaches, gave a good knowledge of the blending process.

Item Type:Study Group Report
Problem Sectors:Energy and utilities
Study Groups:Australian and New Zealand Mathematics in Industry Study Group > MISG 1993
Company Name:Shell Australia
ID Code:462
Deposited By: Dr Kamel Bentahar
Deposited On:09 Dec 2011 17:16
Last Modified:29 May 2015 20:04

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