Apparatus for mixing a powdery medium with a fluid
AssigneeTRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsMANFRED SCHAUERTE, Markus Hamers, Meinolf Rameil
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Abstract
An apparatus for mixing a powdery medium with a fluid includes a mixing vessel which can be filled with the fluid and which has a feed for the fluid, an inlet for the powdery medium and an outlet for the fluid mixed with the powdery medium, and at least one mixing screen which divides the mixing vessel into a first section which includes the feed and a second section which includes the inlet.
Claims8
An apparatus for mixing a powdery medium with a fluid, with a mixing vessel constructed to be filled with the fluid, the mixing vessel comprising:
- a feed for the fluid,
- an inlet for the powdery medium,
- an outlet for the fluid mixed with the powdery medium, and
- at least one mixing screen which divides the mixing vessel into a first section comprising the feed and a second section comprising the inlet.
A method for mixing bentonite with an aqueous fluid in a mixing vessel having at least one mixing screen which divides the mixing vessel into a first section and a second section, the method comprising the steps of:
- supplying the fluid through a feed into the first section of the mixing vessel, supplying the powdery medium through an inlet into the second section of the mixing vessel, and
- removing the fluid mixed with the powdery medium from the mixing vessel through an outlet.
A mixing plant for mixing a powdery medium with a fluid, comprising:
- an apparatus having a mixing vessel constructed to be filled with the fluid, the mixing vessel comprising:
- a feed for the fluid connected with a water supply,
- an inlet for the powdery medium connected with a bentonite supply,
- an outlet for the fluid mixed with the powdery medium connected with a pump, and
- at least one mixing screen which divides the mixing vessel into a first section comprising the feed and a second section comprising the inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.