Patent ID: 6109778
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B01F

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing a homogeneous solution comprising:a holding vessel for holding a solution body, said holding vessel having a top, a base, and interior peripheral walls;a delivery line extending into the holding vessel, the delivery line having a diameter, D.sub.1 ;a jet mixing device extending from the delivery line, said jet mixing device having a plurality of lateral members, each having a diameter, D.sub.2, in fluid communication with the delivery line, wherein each said lateral member has a jet outlet positioned above the solution body and tangent to an interior peripheral wall of said holding vessel for introducing a stream of a solution into said holding vessel tangent to said interior peripheral walls at a ballistic angle .THETA..sub.2 to a horizontal plane of said solution body thereby creating a helical flow in said solution body,wherein the sum of the squares of D.sub.2 is less than the square of D.sub.1 ; and a circulating pump in communication with the delivery line and said holding vessel for continuously circulating said solution through said holding vessel and said jet mixing device.