Gas and liquid contact apparatus – Contact devices – Rotating
Patent
1997-01-16
1999-06-29
Chiesa, Richard L.
Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Contact devices
Rotating
261120, B01F 304
Patent
active
059164913
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method are provided for mixing gas and liquid. An impeller is rotatably mounted inside a draft tube. Inlet baffles are mounted adjacent the inlet end of the draft tube in close proximity to the impeller. In addition, outlet baffles are mounted adjacent the outlet end of the draft tube in close proximity to the impeller. Rotation of the impeller draws liquid down through the draft tube and creates vortices which serve to entrain gas into the liquid. The provision of inlet and outlet baffles directly adjacent the rotating impeller produces high gas entrainment and shear rates and improves gas transfer efficiency. The gas-liquid vortex mixer is particularly suitable for treating industrial and municipal waste water, as well as various other liquids. Gases such as air, oxygen, hydrogen, and the like are efficiently dissolved in such liquids during operation of the gas-liquid vortex mixer.
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Chiesa Richard L.
Rhone-Poulenc Inc.
Towner Alan G.
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