Continuous magnetic mixing system with flexible geometric mixing zone
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsYu Liu, Ke Zhou, Frank Ping-Hay Lee, Yulin Wang, Gaetano Lavigne, Jun Zhao, Simon Burke
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Abstract
A mixing process and system can include a plurality of magnetic particles within a fluid such as a liquid or solid to be mixed. The fluid to be mixed is dispensed within a mixing zone that may include a mixing tube. Two or more opposing electromagnets are independently activated out of sync to affect a travel path of the magnetic particles to form a turbulence within the fluid to provide an effective mixing of the fluid. The magnetic particles may be removed from the fluid, for example by filtering, or may remain within the fluid.
Claims20
A system for mixing a fluid, comprising:
- a first electromagnet having a first phase and a second electromagnet having a second phase;
- a receptacle for receiving a fluid to be mixed, wherein the receptacle is interposed between the first electromagnet and the second electromagnet;
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- a controller configured to activate the first phase out of sync with the second phase.
A system for mixing a fluid, comprising:
- an electromagnet comprising a first phase and a second phase;
- a receptacle for receiving a fluid to be mixed, wherein the receptacle is interposed between the first phase and the second phase;
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- a controller configured to activate the first phase out of sync with the second phase.
A method for continuous mixing of a fluid, comprising:
- pumping a fluid to be mixed into a mixing receptacle;
- introducing a plurality of magnetic particles into the fluid to be mixed;
- activating a first electromagnet phase;
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- activating a second electromagnet phase out of sync with the activation of the first electromagnet phase as the fluid to be mixed and the magnetic particles are within the mixing receptacle, thereby altering a travel path of the plurality of magnetic particles within the fluid to be mixed, wherein the mixing receptacle is interposed between the first electromagnet phase and the second electromagnet phase.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.