CASE NO: 503
| MATERIAL: | Fatty alcohol and Ester Sulfate (Sour Ester) for detergent used in shampoos. | PROBLEM: | Add Ester Sulfate to fatty alcohol through wide range of viscosities while avoiding gel specks. | RESULTS: | Dicon successfully dispersed Sour Ester into 10 different products. Recirculation rate 250 gpm. Viscosity ranged from 30 cps. to 10,000 cps. with final viscosity equal to 1,000 cps. | AB MIXER: | Model 6 x 3 Dicon, toothed impeller/liner, 30 HP, 3600 RPM, 3/8" grid. Dicon installed 2 feet below 5,000 gallon tank. Total discharge head of 20 feet. Sour Ester feed through inlet stub approximately 1/2" from Dicon impeller. | EQUIPMENT
REPLACED: | Centrifugal pump. | | BENEFITS: | Sour Ester feed rate increased. Reduced process time by 20%. Gel specks eliminated. Saponification cleaner with less generation of "off spec" side reactions. |
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