Patent ID: 7097347
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: B01F,B01J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mixing a first fluid stream and a second fluid stream, the apparatus comprising: a) a plurality of first supply conduits for distributing the first fluid stream with each first supply conduit having a first supply conduit receiving end for receiving the first fluid stream and having a first supply conduit discharge end opposite the first supply conduit receiving end; b) a plurality of second supply conduits for distributing the second fluid stream with each second supply conduit having a second supply conduit receiving end for receiving the second fluid stream and having a second supply conduit discharge end opposite the second supply conduit receiving end; c) a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the first and second supply conduits at first and second supply conduit discharge ends, where one of the first or second supply conduit discharge ends leads substantially tangentially into the mixing chamber and the other of the first or second supply conduit discharge ends leads substantially radially into the mixing chamber, and where the first and second discharge ends lead alternately into the mixing chamber; and d) a mixing chamber outlet for discharging a mixed stream of the first and second fluid streams from the mixing chamber, the mixing chamber outlet in fluid communication with the central region of the mixing chamber and where the mixing chamber has a outlet characteristic length in a plane of the mixing chamber outlet and an inlet characteristic length in a plane of the mixing chamber inlets, and the outlet characteristic length is less than or equal to the inlet characteristic length.