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News Release from: Chemineer | Subject: Jurong MMA plant
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 19 May 2008
Agitator design expertise helps Jurong
MMA plant
Chemineer MW4 and BT6 advanced design impellers are set to go into full operation at the Lucite International new Alpha 1 plant for methyl methacrylate in Singapore
The first in a series of new technology Alpha-based production facilities being built by Lucite International, the methyl methacrylate (MMA) producing plant on Jurong Island will see specially developed Chemineer impellers provide optimum gas-liquid operation for a reactor agitator Chemineer designed the new Maxflow and BT6 impellers, which were independently tested at 2ft and 6ft scale by the leading fluid engineering and process technology consultants, BHR Group
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 14 Feb 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Prior to manufacturing at their specialist agitator and mixing factory in Derby, Chemineer also provided 3D models of impellers, which were imported into CFD software to validate the experimental work.
Innovatively, Chemineer designed-in two moveable impellers, saving considerable weight on the impellers, giving far greater stability to the shaft.
The impellers are key to promoting superior gas dispersion and mass transfer, as well as yielding more than conventional mixing arrangements.
The Chemineer design for the Alpha 1 Project was carefully developed and detailed using state-of-the-art 3D CAD software integrated with FEA (finite element analysis).
The 3D CAD then exported various component files to CAD/CAM in order to aid in the fabrication process.
Utilising ethylene as a starting material, this first Lucite International Alpha technology plant will produce methyl methacrylate (MMA) at a capacity of 120kte per annum.
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