Patent ID: 6273402
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B01F,C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
An apparatus for the dissolution of a gas and suspension of a settling solid in a body of liquid, said apparatus adapted to be submerged in said body of liquid, said apparatus comprising:a) a collector adapted to capture an undissolved gas rising toward a surface of said body of liquid, said collector adapted to direct said captured undissolved gas toward a headspace of said apparatus;b) a fluid pump adapted to draw a feed gas from a feed gas inlet, together with said undissolved gas and said liquid toward said pump, and direct the passage of a gas-liquid mixture downwardly in said body of liquid; andc) at least one ballast chamber connected to said apparatus, said ballast chamber adapted to be filled with a first ballast to cause said apparatus to sink into said body of liquid, and filled with a second ballast to cause said apparatus to rise upwardly in said body of liquid.