Method and installation for homogenizing a shear thinning fluid contained in a cylindrical tank
US12296306B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 2020 |
| Grant date | May 13, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 22, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F2215/045
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention is related to an installation and to a method for recirculating and mixing a fluid which is preferably a shear-thinning fluid. The installation comprises a tank, a pump, a piping assembly connected to the pump and comprising an injection piping for injecting said fluid into the tank and a return piping coupled to the injection piping for pumping the said fluid from the tank to the injection piping, wherein the piping assembly and the tank form a flow recirculation path in which fluid is homogenized by recirculation of the fluid upon action of the said pump, the injection piping being designed such as to reinject the fluid in at least two peripheral bottom locations with an horizontal and/or inclined orientation such as to create a swirl movement in the tank and to reinject simultaneously said fluid upwardly through a central location in a zone comprised between the central axis of the tank and the half radius of the tank such as to create a jet of fluid having a main vertical component.
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