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US 2022/0001342 A1Published application
Static Mixer
AssigneeFujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Limited
InventorCharles Heise
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AssigneeFujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies UK Limited
InventorCharles Heise
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A static mixing apparatus for mixing a fluid, preferably a liquid is provided. The mixer comprises a plurality of chambers (5, 8, 12, 15) in series, the first chamber (5) of the series comprising a fluid inlet (4), and the final chamber (15) of the series comprising a fluid outlet (16), each chamber other than the final chamber in the series being in fluid connection with a subsequent chamber, the fluid connection comprising a plurality of orifices (7, 10, 11, 14) dispersed along a direction of flow, the nearest point to the fluid inlet of each subsequent orifice to the inlet overlapping with the furthest point from the fluid inlet of the previous orifice, and being off-set along the direction of flow from the previous orifice.
A static mixing apparatus for mixing a fluid, comprising a plurality of chambers in series, the first chamber of the series comprising a fluid inlet, and the final chamber of the series comprising a fluid outlet, each chamber other than the final chamber in the series being in fluid connection with a subsequent chamber, the fluid connection comprising a plurality of orifices dispersed along a direction of flow, the nearest point to the fluid inlet of each subsequent orifice to the inlet overlapping with the furthest point from the fluid inlet of the previous orifice, and being off-set along the direction of flow from the previous orifice.
The mixing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the first orifice along the longitudinal direction in the walls of all odd numbered chamber walls that are in fluid connection with a subsequent chamber is aligned to be 180 degrees from the direction of the centre center of the fluid outlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.