Storage Vessel Agitation and Temperature Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing storage vessels for chemicals lack advanced features for maintaining optimal conditions, such as temperature control and agitation, which are essential for preserving the quality and stability of chemical substances.
Innovation Solution
A storage vessel assembly that includes a stainless steel storage vessel mounted within a steel frame, equipped with an agitation device featuring multiple impellers, a temperature control system, and a controller to manage these components, ensuring effective mixing and temperature regulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If conventional storage vessels without agitation and temperature control are used, then the device complexity is low, but the chemical quality stability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The storage vessel is divided into multiple functional zones with separate agitation devices (including overhead and bottom agitators) and temperature control systems (heat exchangers), allowing each component to address specific quality stability requirements independently
Solution Approach 2:
The storage vessel integrates multiple functions including agitation, heating, cooling, and mixing within a single container system, enabling comprehensive chemical quality maintenance without requiring multiple separate equipment units
2Stability of the object's composition
If a single agitation device is used, then the device complexity is low, but the mixing homogeneity deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The agitation system is segmented into multiple independent agitators positioned at different locations (overhead and bottom) within the vessel, enabling comprehensive mixing coverage and homogeneous chemical distribution that a single agitator cannot achieve
Solution Approach 2:
Agitation is implemented in multiple spatial dimensions with overhead agitators providing top-down mixing and bottom agitators providing bottom-up circulation, creating three-dimensional fluid motion patterns that ensure complete homogeneity
3Stability of the object's composition
If temperature control system is added to storage vessel, then the chemical stability is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The heat exchanger system is integrated into the vessel structure to provide both heating and cooling capabilities within a single temperature control system, maintaining chemical stability across varying temperature requirements without requiring separate systems
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The storage vessel assembly effectively maintains the quality of chemical substances by ensuring uniform mixing and precise temperature control, thereby extending the storage period and ensuring consistent supply.
Implementation Method 1
a temperature control system coupled to the storage vessel
Implementation Method 2
an agitation device disposed in the storage vessel, wherein the agitation device includes an impeller coupled to a shaft
Data Source
AI summary
A storage vessel assembly for storing chemical includes a storage vessel, a frame for housing the storage vessel, an agitation device disposed in the storage vessel, a temperature control system coupled to the storage vessel, and a controller configured to operate the agitation device and the temperature control system.