Flow distribution mixer

US8511889B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Konstantin Choikhet · Karlsruhe, DE
• Klaus Witt · Keltern, DE
• Martin Baeuerle · Oedendorf, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 8, 2010
• Grant date: Aug 20, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 14, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01N2030/347
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A mixer for mixing a fluid having a property varying along a flow direction of the fluid includes an inlet configured for receiving an inlet flow, an outlet configured for providing an outlet flow, and a plurality of flow channels coupled between the inlet and the outlet. The mixer also includes a flow distributor for distributing the inlet flow into the plurality of flow channels so that each flow channel receives a partial flow from the inlet flow, and a flow combiner for combining the partial flows from the plurality of flow channels to the outlet flow. Each flow channel has a first flow section having a hydraulic resistance substantially representing a hydraulic resistance of the flow channel. One or more of the flow channels each have a second flow section coupled in series with the first flow section of the respective flow channel.