Mixing liquids and entrainment mixing of vapor into liquids
US6585405B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 13, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F27/1144
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed is a fluid mixer that mixes liquids while simultaneously promoting rapid mixing entrainment of vapor in the liquid. The device includes a vertical rotor mounted centrally on a base assembly. The rotor comprises a tube which is hollow from an open top end to a bottom closed end, having an external screw thread in a right-side configuration relative from top to bottom and one or more holes located in the sidewall of the tube at the bottom of the hollow portion of the tube, preferably located centrally between two flanking surfaces of the screw thread. The base assembly comprises a stirbar and a supporting disk which contains a ceramic magnet. The base rests on the floor of a containment vessel. A magnetic stirring motor is centrally located sufficiently close to and beneath the containment vessel as to achieve magnetic flux coupling with the base magnet. Operation of the mixer develops a liquid vortex in the liquid phase material. As the speed increases, the external screw threads generate turbulence and draw vapor into the liquid from above the tube and urge the vapor into intimate contact with the turbulent, droplet-forming liquid. A circulation develops causing a vortex …
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