Continue to Site

Eng-Tips is the largest engineering community on the Internet

Intelligent Work Forums for Engineering Professionals

  • Congratulations cowski on being selected by the Eng-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Recent content by jsainz

  1. jsainz

    elimination of foam in milk

    Dear Rick, I have worked for some years in the surfactant industry. Important details for product managment: - Suction Pumps and membrane pumps are suitable and they transport almost all of the product and foam. Particularly avoid centrifugal pumps if you have to overcome large pressure heads...
  2. jsainz

    Hammer Mill Scale Up

    Hi, I have a Hammer mill with 32 hammers used for size reduction of wood dust, from 1 mm to 60 mesh. The capacity of the mill, using a 20 HP drive, is of 50 Kg /h. I want to scale up that mill, which is the procedure? (Area, RPM, Power?) Thanks for any advice, JS
  3. jsainz

    Pressure Drop in Condensers

    The energy and mass balances are clear for me to condense the steam coming out from the evaporator (1000 Kg / hr), the fact is that I want to cool the steam with the same juice (similar to sugar solutions at 5 Brix) that i am going to concentrate after, just as a preheater (the juice enters at...
  4. jsainz

    Pressure Drop in Condensers

    I want to design a shell and tube condenser for steam coming out from a thin film evaporator at 1 Atm. What considerations must be taken regarding steam extractors to ensure that all the steam coming from the evaporator is condensed (pressure drop at the condenser, cooling agents...)?

Part and Inventory Search