Mixer with impinging co-axial streams
AssigneeGas Technology Institute
InventorsJeffrey A. MAYS, John C. Vega, III, Anthony Eastland
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Abstract
A mixer for separate streams of gas includes a center stream of a first gas and a co-axial stream of a second gas injected at an angle to the center stream and filling an annulus around the center stream. The mixer may further include a feed zone wherein the first gas is introduced into the mixer as the center stream and the second gas is introduced into the mixer as the co-axial stream filling the annulus around the center stream; a mixing zone wherein the first gas and the second gas mix with no recirculation zones to form a mixture; and a diffusion zone for advancing the mixture from the mixing zone. Corresponding or associated methods for mixing materials are also provided.
Claims6
A mixer for separate streams of gas comprising:
- a center stream of a first gas;
- and
- a co-axial stream of a second gas injected at an angle to the center stream and filling an annulus around the center stream.
A method for co-axially mixing separate streams of gas, the method comprising:
- introducing a first gas as a center stream in a co-axial mixer,
- introducing a second gas as a co-axial stream at an angle to the center stream and filling an annulus around the center stream, and
- mixing the first and second gases to form a mixture with no recirculation zones.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.