Patent ID: 7753080

Claim:
A three-dimensionally intersecting diverter as an inner member for a pipe, a barrel or a tower for causing three-dimensionally intersecting flow of fluids passing therethrough, comprising: one or more tiers of three-dimensionally intersecting diverters arranged in a pipe body, a barrel body or a tower body, each said three-dimensionally intersecting diverter including an even number of abnormal shaped conical cavities arranged annularly, wherein the even number is greater than 4 or equal to 4, and wherein each abnormal shaped conical cavity ( 2 - 1 ) has a larger port at the outer end and a smaller port at the inner end, all conical cavities converge at the midpoint of the axis of the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter, which is also the center of the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter, and wherein each conical cavity comprises two side surfaces ( 2 - 1 - 1 ), an outer surface ( 2 - 1 - 2 ) and an inner surface ( 2 - 1 - 3 ), wherein said side surfaces are quadrilateral plane or curved surfaces shared by two adjacent conical cavities, wherein said outer surface is a curved surface or a bent plane, and said inner surface is a sectorial cambered surface or plane or bent plane; wherein the axial lines of all odd numbered conical cavities are distributed on a conical surface, with the intersection point of the axial lines being the vertex of the cone; and wherein the axial lines of all the even numbered conical cavities are distributed on another inverse conical surface, with the intersection point of the axial lines also being the vertex of the another cone; wherein the intersection point of the axial lines of the odd numbered conical cavities and those of the even numbered conical cavities are located on each side of the center of the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter respectively and symmetric to each other; wherein the projection of the outer contour surface ( 3 ) of the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter on a cross section plane of the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter is a rounded circle whose diameter is equal to the inner diameter of the matching pipe, barrel or tower, the projections of the lower and upper inner contour lines or surfaces ( 4 ) of the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter on a cross section plane of the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter is a circle or other closed curve which divides the section of the pipe, the barrel or the tower at both sides of the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter into two portions, with the inner portion being a central zone, the outer portion being an edge zone; wherein as fluid material flows through the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter, the fluid material in said central and edge zones interchange position and produce three-dimensionally intersecting fluid flow; wherein the ratio of the area of the central zone to the area of the edge zone is 0.1-4.2, and wherein the ratio of the height to the diameter of the three-dimensionally intersecting diverter is 0.2-3.