Method and apparatus for passive mixing of multiphase flow

A method and an apparatus for the passive mixing of a multi-phase(ic) flow or hydrodynamic performance comprising a housing, having a conduit/tube or a channel extending internally from the fluid inlet to the outlet ports that comprises of stacked plurality of static-mixers possessing structural elements or mixing elements on the inner walls of the individual static mixers, that are responsible for splitting the multiphasic flow in to a number of streams and forcible recombination of the streams of the multiphasic flow through the conduit, bringing about the splitting-combining effect on the flow wherein, a) the structural elements or mixing elements are selected from a group comprising of axisymmetric cap with six limbs, axisymmetric divergent slope with a four-limbed cap, axisymmetric hubcap consisting of 3 supporting limbs, 3 arch like structures arranged around the axis of the pipe, which are present on the inner walls of individual static mixers and are responsible for splitting and combining of the flow, resulting in an enhanced mixing of the multi-phasic flow,

• b) The conduit comprises of a stacked plurality of, static-mixers possessing structural elements, across the length of the conduit that can allow the fluid to pass through them continuously experiencing splitting and combining, resulting in enhanced mixing, mass-transfer, and heat transfer,
• c) The stacking of the individual static-mixers is responsible for forced recombination of the split streams of multiphasic flow at regular intervals,
• d) The multiphasic flow experiences a cumulative splitting—combining effect resulting in an enhanced overall mixing efficiency due to plurality of static-mixers that are placed axially along the length of the conduit,
• e) The method of enhancing the mixing is by splitting the multiphasic flow into a number of streams and forcible recombination of the streams of the multiphasic flow through the conduit.