Patent ID: 8556498

Claim:
A method of determining the salt dissolution time of a salt into a fluid in a first configuration, said configuration having a vessel of a first size, a first impeller and a first mixer operating at a first RPM, comprising: a. calculating a first mixing parameter (MP) for said first configuration, said parameter defined as M ⁢ ⁢ P = ( ND 2 ) ⁢ ( D T ) 2 ⁢ ( N Q ⁢ ND 3 T 2 ⁢ H ) , where N comprises the RPM of said mixer, D comprises the diameter of said impeller, N Q comprises the power number of said impeller, T comprises the diameter of said vessel, and H comprises the height of said fluid in said vessel; b. creating a second configuration, using a vessel of a second size, said fluid, said salt, a second impeller and a second mixer operating at a second RPM; c. calculating a second mixing parameter (MP) for said second configuration; d. determining a salt dissolution time for said second configuration; e. creating a third configuration, using a vessel of a third size, said fluid, said salt, a third impeller and a third mixer operating at a third RPM; f. calculating a third mixing parameter for said third configuration; g. determining a salt dissolution time for said third configuration; h. determining two coefficients, α and β, such that said second mixing parameter and its associated salt dissolution time, and said third mixing parameter and its associated salt dissolution time, both satisfy the equation: Dissolution Time=α×( MP ) β ; and i. determining the salt dissolution time of said first configuration based on said first mixing parameter, α and β.