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US 11,596,912 B2Granted
Single stage clarifier and mixing assembly
AssigneeUniversity of Kentucky Research Foundation
InventorJoshua Michael Werner
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Abstract
A single stage clarifier and mixing assembly includes a housing, a mixing section within the housing and a clarifier section within the housing. The mixing section includes a mixing chamber having (a) an inlet, adapted for delivering an inlet stream to the mixing chamber, at an upper end, and (b) a mixing section outlet at a lower end. The clarifier section extends concentrically around the mixing section. The single stage clarifier and mixing assembly also includes an agitator adapted for mixing the inlet stream in the mixing chamber.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first single stage clarifier and mixing assembly including:
- a housing;
- a mixing section within the housing, the mixing section including a cylindrical outer wall, a mixing chamber having an inlet and a mixing section outlet;
- a clarifier section within the housing and extending concentrically around the cylindrical outer wall of the mixing section;
- and
- an agitator adapted for mixing the inlet stream in the mixing chamber wherein the clarifier section includes a plurality of plates that are nested together and define a plurality of intervening flow passageways wherein lowermost ends of the plurality of intervening flow passageways open into an axial passageway extending through the clarifier section along and around the mixing section.
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