Patent ID: 9724653
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B01F

Claim:
1. A mixing baffle for mixing a fluid flow having at least two components, the mixing baffle comprising: a first dividing panel including a first side and a second side, said first dividing panel defining a leading edge; a first deflecting surface projecting from said first side of said first dividing panel so as to occlude at least part of a path for fluid flow along said first side of said first dividing panel; a second deflecting surface projecting from said second side of said first dividing panel so as to occlude at least part of a path for fluid flow along said second side of said first dividing panel; a second dividing panel connected to said first dividing panel and oriented transverse to said first dividing panel, said second dividing panel defining a trailing edge and including a first side and a second side; a third deflecting surface projecting from said first side of said second dividing panel proximate to said first deflecting surface; and a fourth deflecting surface projecting from said second side of said second dividing panel proximate to said second deflecting surface, at least one of said first, second, third and fourth deflecting surfaces being defined by a first planar surface and a second planar surface oriented at an angle from said first planar surface such that said first and second planar surfaces are arranged at different angles relative to the fluid flow, the fluid flow being divided at said leading edge by said first dividing panel into a first flow portion, which is shifted by said first and fourth deflecting surfaces from said first side of said first dividing panel to said second side of said second dividing panel, and a second flow portion, which is shifted by said second and third deflecting surfaces from said second side of said first dividing panel to said first side of said second dividing panel, and the first and second flow portions being recombined at said trailing edge.