Safety Process in Mixing Processes

In every good company, the safety process is always the high priority. Any process we transfer to the next step for the facility requires that we are able to control the process, regardless of any surprises, so that we don’t generate dangerous or hazardous situations for the company. So, what happens if the temperature is going up? What happens if the concentration was tight? What happens if we close this valve or open another valve? All of these studies, which are normally called hazardous studies, we must do, because we are protecting the life of every operator, of everyone involved in manufacturing in the chemical industry. These studies are part of every company’s policy, and every good company will always explain that the safety process is critical.

Now, if we are asked about how to develop a safety process and what happens if the mixing is not working well, we need to give an answer to the company. But what is the point? The main reason for the aviation we can have is that mixing is the unit operation that generates the environment in which the materials will interact. So, when we talk about mixing and safety process, we are really talking about the hard part of the knowledge of the process. We will need to be able to explain and show what to do when we are working in extreme conditions of stopping mixing after this turn and turning the mixing on again in that turn. We need to be sure that the process of restarting will be safe.

We might have situations where not enough material accumulates to generate a fast reaction, or our mixing is enough that we will not generate a mechanical function of the reactor. We might have vibration, bending of the shaft, simple solid state in the bottom, or two liquid phases that are not miscible. So, when we mix, we generate the multiplication that can be separated or not. All of these kinds of typical situations are directly related to the intensity of mixing, whatever we are able to get. What happens if the mixing does not operate well? We stop it or we don’t control it, which results in high velocities or vibration and more. The capability to understand the deviation from the normal operation is important, and the capability to show it during the activities is critical.

So, if we have a tool that is able to notify us about solid deposition in the bottom; floating in the top of the level medium; partial non-emulsification; heat release and temperature going up to the limits of the process; vibration shaft or bending shaft; or runaway reaction, we will be able to control all of these extreme conditions because we have been notified. The tool was designed so that when we have extreme conditions in the solution of the mixing calculations, we get not only numbers but also the limits of operations. These notifications will protect a good mixing process and generate a good mixing practice. These notifications are the best and we have a table discussing them on our website.