Homogenization apparatus for at least two fluid flows, in particular for homogeneous gas/air mixing in a gas engine

US9770693B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MAN Truck &Bus AG · DE

Inventors

• Bruno Barciela · Nürnberg, DE
• Joachim Weiß · Oberasbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2015
• Grant date: Sep 26, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 20, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02T10/30
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A homogenization apparatus for at least two fluid flows for homogeneous gas/air mixing in a gas engine, in which at least two fluid feed lines conducting different fluid flows and one fluid outflow line conducting the homogenized fluid are connected to a central homogenization space as mixing region. In a connection region upstream of the homogenization space, the fluid feed lines have in each case one line section with a flow deflection in one direction with a flow deflection which follows downstream in the other direction and are connected in such a way that the fluid flows are fed tangentially to the homogenization space with a swirl movement imparted to them, in such a way that a rotating, turbulent flow which assists the homogenization process is formed in the homogenization space.