Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Making an insoluble substance or accreting suspended...
Patent
1995-07-03
1997-02-11
Lithgow, Thomas M.
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Making an insoluble substance or accreting suspended...
210758, 210199, 210220, 261 5, 261 76, C02F 174, B01D 3700, B01F 304
Patent
active
056017243
ABSTRACT:
A tower-like pressure vessel utilizes the injection of gas bubbles for aeration of liquids. A cylindrical conduit extends vertically in the interior of the vessel. The interior conduit has a first end connected to an inlet liquid flow conduit and a second end disposed immediately adjacent the top of the pressure vessel thereby forming a gap which serves as a flow restriction. An outlet for the vessel is located adjacent to the bottom of the vessel.
A gas injector located outside the pressure vessel injects gas into the inlet liquid flow conduit thereby forming a plurality of small gas bubbles that adhere to the walls of a portion of the inlet conduit having a bend. The small bubbles amalgamate to form larger bubbles substantially consistent in size prior to being swept by the liquid stream through the flow restriction at the top of the vessel. The gas bubbles pass more quickly through the restriction creating a pneumatic acceleration and hammering effect upon the top of a pressure vessel which serves as an impaction target. The liquid then cascades by force of gravity through the gas in the pressure vessel to further impact upon liquid accumulated in the pressure vessel.
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Aquatex Group Industrie, S.A.
Lithgow Thomas M.
O'Neil Michael A.
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