Patent ID: 7520661
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: B01F

Abstract:
1. A static mixer, comprising: an inlet plate having a central non-restrictive aperture formed therein; a top fluid manipulation plate; a plurality of circular lobes formed in said top fluid manipulation plate; an elongate channel interconnecting pairs of said circular lobes; each of said elongate channels having a taper formed therein so that said elongate channels reduce in width along their respective extents; said taper being between fifteen to thirty degrees; a pair of chevron-shaped protuberances being formed in each of said elongate channels at opposite ends of said elongate channels and in opposite sides thereof; an inter link plate having a plurality of non-restrictive apertures formed therein about the periphery thereof; a bottom fluid manipulation plate; a plurality of circular lobes formed in said bottom fluid manipulation plate; an elongate channel interconnecting pairs of said bottom fluid manipulation plate circular lobes; each of said elongate channels of said bottom fluid manipulation plate having a taper formed therein so that said elongate channels reduce in width along their respective extents; said taper being between fifteen to thirty degrees; a pair of chevron-shaped protuberances being formed in each of said elongate channels of said bottom fluid manipulation plate at opposite ends of said elongate channels and in opposite sides thereof; and an outlet plate having a central non-restrictive aperture formed therein.