Hydro-dynamic static mixing apparatus and method for use thereof in transporting, conditioning and separating oil sands and the like
AssigneeLMC Resources, Inc.
InventorLubomyr M. Cymbalisty
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Abstract
A static hydro-dynamic mixer undulating interior conduit provides a static mixing apparatus which utilizes a spiral, coiled or curved conduit to cause dynamic mixing of its flowing contents while they are pumped through it. The application includes a method of use in separating oil sands. The mixing is caused by the resistance to flow through the undulated conduit and the resistance increases with pitch and conduit diameter.
Claims14
A hydro-dynamic static mixing apparatus comprising a preselected and predetermined configuration and length of undulating tubular conduit for mixing and/or transporting various substances including highly abrasive solids contained in slurries, and said conduit being adapted to be interconnected into a transportation and processing separation system for such slurries.
A method of static mixing of flowing fluidized slurries comprising the steps of providing a preselected and predetermined length of undulating interior elongated tubular conduit, connecting said conduit in a transportation pipeline of a processing separation system and pumping a fluidized slurry through the undulating interior conduit portion of said pipeline at some stage of the transportation through the separation system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.