Patent ID: 8192073
Filing Date: 2012-06-05
Classification: B01F,C10L

Abstract:
1. A method of producing aqueous fuel emulsions with consistently uniform dispersed phase particle sizes using a mixing apparatus, comprising: providing a flow path for the flow of a mixture of aqueous fuel emulsion-producing liquids; providing in the flow path a solid body having a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the solid body having a plurality of flow passages extending therethrough from the first face to the second face, each of the plurality of the flow passages having a selected diameter and presenting a constant flow area through the solid body from the first face to the second face; and flowing a mixture of aqueous fuel emulsion-producing liquids through the plurality of flow passages at a constant flow rate selected to generate within the plurality of flow passages having the selected diameter a shear force on the mixture of aqueous fuel emulsion-producing liquids sufficient to emulsify the mixture of aqueous fuel emulsion-producing liquids.