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Device and method for stabilising the flow through a chamber

US8450102B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Lonza Cologne GmbH · DE

Inventors

Andreas Wirth · Simbach, DE
Michael Kazinski · Cologne, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2008
Grant date	May 28, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 29, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB01L3/5027
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device 1 with at least one electrode 8 for generating an electrical field in a chamber 7 is disclosed. The device 1 comprises at least one input channel 6 for introducing a fluid into the chamber 7, and at least one output channel 11 for discharging the fluid from the chamber 7. Also disclosed is a method for stabilizing the flow of a fluid through a chamber 7 in which an electrical field is generated and which has at least one input channel 6 for introducing the fluid into the chamber and at least one output channel 11 for discharging the fluid from the chamber 8. To avoid undesirable backflow of the fluid due to gas formation, the average inside diameter of the input channel 6 of device 1 is smaller than the average inside diameter of the output channel 11.

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