Patent ID: 9624115
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: C02F

Claim:
1. A radiation reactor for a fluid, whereby the radiation reactor comprises a tubular casing and a radiating element, with the radiation element being arranged within the tubular casing such that a substantially annular space is created intermediate the radiating element and an inner wall of the tubular casing; the tubular casing further comprising a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, whereby a fluid is passed into the substantially annular space of the tubular casing through the fluid inlet and the fluid is discharged from the substantially annular space of the tubular casing through the fluid outlet, with the fluid being irradiated by the radiating element within the tubular casing as the fluid passes through the substantially annular space of the tubular casing from the fluid inlet towards the fluid outlet; wherein a first direction of rotation is imparted to the fluid as it is passed into the substantially annular space of the tubular casing; the tubular casing comprising at least one protrusion on the inner wall, said protrusion extending into the substantially annular space; characterised in that, the fluid inlet is arranged tangentially to the tubular casing so as to impart the first direction of rotation to the fluid; and the protrusion interrupts the first direction of rotation imparted to the fluid by the tangentially arranged fluid inlet so as to direct the fluid out of the first direction of rotation.