Apparatus for mixing laminar and turbulent flow streams
US5826981A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 26, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F25/4321
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A static mixer for mixing substances under either laminar flow or turbulent flow conditions, or for mixing substances having a combination of laminar and turbulent flow conditions. The static mixer includes a first conduit operatively connected to a series of two or more mixing segments. The mixing segments include one or more splitting components for dividing the fluid stream into two or more flow streams, two or more flow branches wherein each of the flow branches receives one of the flow streams and wherein each of the flow branches operatively changes the cross-sectional shapes of their respective flow streams in preparation for layering and stacking the flow streams to each other, and a second conduit for receiving and stacking the two or more flow streams creating a layered unified fluid stream.
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