Apparatus for mixing and reacting at least two fluids

US6863867B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• UOP LLC · US

Inventors

• Kurt M. Vanden Bussche · Lake in the Hills, US
• Suheil F. Abdo · Placentia, US
• Volker Hessel · Wasungen, DE
• Holger Lowe · Oppenheim, DE
• Steffen Hardt · Mainz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 7, 2001
• Grant date: Mar 8, 2005
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J2219/2493
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A novel apparatus for mixing and reacting at least two fluids are disclosed. Excellent mixing and superior pressure drop characteristics are achieved in a device comprising at least two supply channels to feed a mixing chamber and create a vortex. The alignment of the supply channels is such that fluids are introduced into the chamber at both tangential and radial directions. In the case of gas/liquid mixing, particularly advantageous is the injection of the liquid stream tangentially and the gas stream radially. Reaction of the fluids can take place within the mixing chamber or in a separate reactor in fluid communication with the mixing chamber outlet. The mixer/reactor apparatus is especially useful for reactions where rapid diffusion is critical.