Gas and liquid contact apparatus – Contact devices – Atomizer type
Patent
1996-12-03
1998-11-17
Miles, Tim R.
Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Contact devices
Atomizer type
261DIG26, B01F 304
Patent
active
058371680
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for generating foam for use in fire fighting having two plates housed in a chamber which respectively introduce pressurized air and water/soap solution into the space between the two plates where foam is generated and emitted from an aperture on the side of the chamber. Pressurized water/soap solution is introduced through an orifice into a small opening through one plate. Pressurized air is introduced into the other plate through a number of channels bored through the plate to an annular grove on the surface of the plate. The plates are provided with flat surfaces which are brought together to form a narrow gap. The narrow gap balances the pressure between the incoming water and the incoming air by achieving an equilibrium at some particular radius out from the center of the two plates. This equilibrium radius moves in and out from the center as necessary to keep the two pressures balanced. The incoming air pressure is set at a desired level, and the incoming water pressure is adjusted to a slightly higher initial pressure. The quality of the foam is then determined by further upward or downward adjustments of the water pressure.
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Cox, Jr. Ray F.
Miles Tim R.
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