CALCULATION OF AGITATOR

Well you can the power of motor = (total power/90%), and aproximate it to next comercial motor.

to calculate the total power than your agitator needs you must to calcule the work of the blade over time, so you need determinate a velocity and the geometry of the blade, to find the real work.

I don`t think its possible to say less with so much words ...

Power consumption is a function of fluid density, viscosity, rotational speed, and impeller diameter. Since the power required for a given system cannot be predicted theoretically, empirical correlations have been developed to predict the power consumption.

Do you know the viscosity of the slurry? From here one can calculate the Reynolds number and use power correlation diagrams to determine the power consumption.

Also one would need to know what kind of impeller is being used. For example there are flat six-blade turbine with disk impellers, propellers, and so on with or without baffles.

Easiest way to do it would be to submit your requirements and parameters to your supplier's sales engineer and let him do the sizing for you. In this way, if he were to undersize it, the supplier would be liable for it, not you.

DVader1000, as an experienced electro mechanical designer, I must strongly disagree with this advice. That is a CYA (Cover Your A _ _ ) or managers mentality, not an engineers. If you rely totally on your supplier, and get bad advice, nobody wins. You might not get stuck with mixer that doesn't work, but you won't have one that works either (the original task). Failure!

Take the time to understand what is going on and check everything.

A good (greedy) supplier will NEVER under size his design since cost would be directly proportional to size and to profit.

If you can supply the viscosity and type of agitator blade, i will figure out the power consumption for you and post it as well as how i got it.