Patent ID: 7025874
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: B01F,B01J

Abstract:
1. A nozzle/mixer assembly for producing a jet comprising atomized liquid droplets and carrier gas and mixing it with a stream of particulate solids and fluidizing gas from a fluidized column enclosed in a tubular side wall, comprising: a tubular enclosure for a fluidized column having a vertical tubular side wall, an atomizing nozzle for producing the jet, said nozzle extending essentially horizontally through the side wall and having an outlet within the tubular enclosure; a mixer positioned essentially horizontally within the tubular enclosure and forming an open-ended confining passageway; the nozzle outlet being aligned with the open-ended confining passageway of the mixer so that the jet will move through the passageway and, when the tubular enclosure contains a fluidized column, will draw a stream of solids and fluidizing gas from the column into the passageway, whereby entrained solids and liquid droplets may mix and contact therein.