The design and performance of pump-mix and gravity-flow mixer-settlers.
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1973-04
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Australian Atomic Energy Commission
Abstract
The historical development of pump-mix and gravity-flow mixer-settlers is reviewed and their operating and design features, including scale-up, are discussed. An experimental study of the hydraulic operating characteristics of two such units, an AAEC designed pump-mix mixer-settler based on the original KAPL work and a UKAEA Windscale gravity-flow mixer-settler is described. The pump-mix unit was shown to be less flexible in operation than the gravity-flow unit and it is shown that an increase in size of all the ports will increase the throughput of the pump-mix mixer-settler.
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Fluid flow, Uranium ores, Ore processing, Kerosene, Diagrams, Mixer-settlers
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Royston, D., & Burwell, A. (1973). The design and performance of pump-mix and gravity-flow mixer-settlers (AAEC/E274). Lucas Heights, N.S.W.: Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Research Establishment.