Central entry dual rotor cavitation
AssigneeHighland Fluid Technology, Inc.
InventorKevin Smith
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Abstract
A method is described of mixing fluid materials, including solids and gases. The materials to be mixed are introduced between two cylindrical rotors mounted in parallel on a motorized shaft. The rotors have arrays of cavities on their cylindrical surfaces and rotate within close proximity to the interior of a cylindrical shell. Passage of the fluid between the rotating rotors and the interior surface of the cylindrical shell causes cavitation, which mixes the materials. The mixture is passed to outlets on the far sides of the rotors from the inlet. Apparatus is described for extending the flow path of the materials and thus increasing exposure to the cavitation process.
Claims14
Method of mixing materials comprising introducing materials to be mixed between two cavitation rotors in a housing comprising a cylindrical shell, said cylindrical shell forming a cavitation zone with each of said cavitation rotors, rotating said cavitation rotors to create cavitation in said cavitation zones, and withdrawing the materials so mixed from said housing after they have passed through said cavitation zones.
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Method of mixing materials comprising (a) introducing said materials to be mixed to the inlet of a cavitation device, said cavitation device comprising two cavitation rotors mounted in parallel on a shaft and enclosed in a cylindrical housing forming a cavitation zone with said rotors, (b) rotating said rotors to create cavitation in said materials, thereby mixing said materials, and (c) removing the mixture thereby created from said cavitation device through two outlets, wherein said inlet is located centrally and peripherally on said cylindrical housing and said outlets are located laterally on said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.