Apparatus for enhancing chemical reactions
AssigneeVernon D. Beehler
InventorHarold T. Sawyer
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Abstract
An apparatus for enhancing chemical reactions in a constantly flowing stream of liquid character fortified with oxidizing agents, such as air or oxygen or other chemical agents, makes use of an inner resonant tube concentrically mounted within an outer resonant tube with the walls of the tubes spaced from each other forming an annular passageway for the flow of liquid from one end of the passageway to the other. One or more sets of radially spaced ultrasonic transducers are located on the outside wall of the outer resonant tube thereby to create an ultrasonic cavitation condition in the liquid as it flows through the annular passageway.
Claims19
A device for enhancing reactions in a flowing stream of substantially liquid material comprising a tube having a stiff relatively thin straight cylindrical integrally homogeneous wall of resonant material forming a passageway therethrough for said liquid material, an inlet port to said passageway and an outlet port from said passageway, and at least one ultrasonic transducer anchored integrally on the wall of the tube at a wave length antinodal point when under resonance by action of said ultrasonic transducer, the wall of said tube which forms the passageway being at resonance throughout its entire length and circumference during operation in response to action of said transducer, opposite ends of said tube having each a mounting at respective wave length nodal points, whereby energy emanating from said tube passes in a radial direction into said passageway throughout its entire length and circumference.
A device for enhancing reactions in a constantly flowing stream of substantially liquid material comprising an outer tube having a stiff straight cylindrical integrally homogeneous wall, an inner tube having a stiff straight cylindrical integrally homogeneous wall concentrically mounted within and spaced clear of the outertube throughout the length and circumference of said tube, the outer diameter of the inner tube being smaller than the inner diameter of the outer tube and forming an annular passageway therebetween for said liquid material, an inlet port adjacent the one end of the passageway and an outlet port adjacent the other end, one of said tubes being a resonant tube of resonant material, said resonant tube having support mountings at opposite ends at wave length nodal points, said inner tube having a chamber extending therethrough, and at least one ultrasonic transducer anchored integrally on the wall of said resonant tube at a location substantially coincident with a wave length antinodal point of the resonant tube when the tube is at resonance by action of said ultrasonic transducer, said resonant tube throughout its entire length and circumference being at resonance during operation in response to action of said transducer whereby energy emanating from said resonant tube passes in a radial direction into said annular passageway throughout its entire length and circumference.
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