Patent ID: 6241379
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: B01F,B01J,Y10S

Abstract:
Micromixer having a mixing chamber for mixing two fluids, the mixing chamber having a first inlet arrangement for the supply of a first fluid and a second inlet arrangement for the supply of a second fluid, the mixing chamber having a wall along which the first fluid flows after having entered from the first inlet arrangement, the second inlet arrangement having at least one opening into said wall, and including a projection extending from said wall adjacent to and partially surrounding the opening, the projection being at least one of a U-shape and a V-shape having two legs, the opening being located in a region of a connection between the two legs, the projection extending into the mixing chamber and having a base such that the first fluid flows around the projection and the second fluid flows from an exit from the projection with the second fluid parallel to the first fluid along a boundary layer between the two fluids, through which layer mixing by diffusion takes place.