Patent ID: 6420715
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B01F,C02F

Abstract:
A method for mixing a fluid flowing through a fluid radiation treatment system having at least one elongate radiation source, said method comprising the steps of:submersing a first member in said fluid flow such that a longitudinal axis of said first member being substantially aligned with the direction of said fluid flow, said first member comprising the at least one elongate radiation source; coupling a second member to the first member, the second member having a shaped vortex-generating surface located in spaced relationship to said first member; orienting said vortex-generating surface to interact with said fluid flow to create at least one vortex in the fluid; causing the at least one vortex to rotate about an axis substantially aligned along the direction of said fluid flow; and sustaining the at least one vortex downstream of the second member.