Power consumption measurements in a liquid vessel that is mixed using a vibratory agitator

The power consumption measurements are reported for a reciprocating plate a gitator for different Newtonian liquids mixed in a tubular vessel. The maxi mum power consumption is calculated by multiplying the maximum force acting on the shaft and the maximum velocity of the reciprocating plate. Lounes a nd Thibault (see reference 7) reports a general form of the results of this investigation. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.