EDUCTORAGITATIONANICKELELECTROPLATINGINSTALLATION.pptVIP

EDUCTOR AGITATION FOR HEAVY NICKEL DEPOSITION: A CASE STUDY. DAVID GABE LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY and CLIVE PORTER Formerly DOWDING and MILLS LTD. A sponsored research project for the MSc course in Surface Engineering.Nottingham – Loughborough – Hull - Sheffield Hallam Universities MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES Focus on refurbished marine engine components To improve the process throughput and production rates To improve the product quality PURPOSE OF PROJECT To obtain data to justify the installation of eductor agitation To improve plant instrumentation and to monitor the enhanced process To establish criteria to measure the degree of process enhancement PRESENTATION CONTENTS Design of an Eductor system Some performance parameters Bonuses DESIGN OF EDUCTOR SYSTEM Tank and pump sizing Eductor numbers and placement System costing Commissioning Benchmarking Optimization Monitoring INSTALLATION 6000l tank having air agitation Total agitation flow of 4000l/min Pumped vol. of 800l/min Pump size; 2.2kW three-phase 20 x 3/8in eductors, 5 each side Eductors mounted in swivel tubes System costing (2002): ￡2509 TANK PREPARATION Both air and eductor agitation were retained for comparisons Thorough cleaning vital! Any residual sludge is highly abrasive. Additional ammeters needed for independent current monitoring BENCHMARKING Air agitation alone Eductors alone Eductors at several swivel angles Use of test panels jigged at various positions in the tank Test panels thoroughly thickness tested over whole surface PATTERN OF AGITATION Agitation observed using air bubble entrainment The installation was modelled before use using clean water and good lighting Each bank of eductors was adjustable for angle of jetting DEPOSITION RATES(Watts nickel) Air agitation 3.709g/hr Eductor agitation (30o) 4.527* Optimized eductors 5.054* * Increases of 22% and 36.3% respectively THICKNESS VARIANCE Agitation Time for 0.2mm Corner excess, type mm. Air 22 hr 0.8 Educt