Static mixers with interchangeable mixing elements
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsNathan F. Champion, Mohammed Hasan
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Abstract
An interchangeable mixing element for a static mixer includes a mount portion arranged for fixation to an exterior of a manifold body and an insert portion extending from the mount portion. The mount portion is arranged for support within a mixing element seat of the manifold body by the mount portion. The insert portion defines a mixing chamber having an inlet, an outlet opposite the inlet, and a tortuous path fluidly coupling the outlet to the inlet to intermix a first fluid flow and a second fluid received at the inlet of the mixing element into an intermixed fluid flow issued from the outlet of the mixing element. Static mixers and methods of making static mixers are also described.
Claims20
An interchangeable mixing element for a static mixer, comprising:
- a mount portion arranged for fixation to an exterior of a manifold body;
- and
- an insert portion extending from the mount portion and arranged for support within a mixing element seat of the manifold body by the mount portion, the insert portion defining a mixing chamber having:
- an inlet;
- an outlet opposite the inlet;
- and
- a tortuous path fluidly coupling the outlet to the inlet to intermix a first fluid flow and a second fluid received at the inlet of the mixing element into an intermixed fluid flow issued from the outlet of the mixing element.
A method of making a static mixer, comprising:
- at a manifold body defining a mixing element seat, a first inlet channel, a second inlet channel, and an outlet channel,
- supporting an insert portion of a mixing element within the mixing element seat of the manifold body by a mount portion of the mixing element, the insert portion extending from a mount portion;
- fixing the mount portion to an exterior of the manifold body;
- fluidly coupling the first inlet channel and the second inlet channel to the outlet channel with a mixing chamber defined within the mixing element, the mixing chamber having an inlet, an outlet opposite the inlet, and a tortuous path fluidly coupling the outlet to the port to intermix a first fluid flow and a second fluid received at the inlet of the mixing element into an intermixed fluid flow issued from the outlet of the mixing element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.