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Fluidic mixer with controllable mixing

US8277116B2 · kind B2 · utility

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21References

27Claims

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Assignee

The Boeing Company · US

Inventors

Chad M. Winkler · Glen Carbon, US
Matthew James Wright · Denver, US
Mori Mani · Chesterfield, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 7, 2007
Grant date	Oct 2, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01F25/431971
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

In one embodiment of the disclosure, a fluid mixing device comprises a flow duct, with a wall having an inner surface defining a fluid flow path for a primary flow, and at least one deployable and retractable projection. The projection is adapted to controllably generate at least one secondary flow adjacent the inner surface. In other embodiments, methods are provided of controllably mixing at least one fluid within a fluid mixing device.

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