Mixing chamber for mixing a gaseous and a liquid component
AssigneeAirspray International B.V.
InventorEdgar I. M. van der Heijden
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Abstract
A mixing chamber for mixing a gaseous component with a liquid component is disclosed. The mixing chamber is characterized by separate inlet connections for the respective components and an outlet for the mixture to a space at a lower pressure. The propellant inlet comprises a plurality of narrow channels positioned to create a turbulent flow in the mixing chamber to facilitate mixing of the components. Also disclosed is a method for forming narrow channels in a body or object by forming grooves in one of two interconnecting surfaces of the parts to thereby define the narrow channels when the parts are put together to form the body or object.
Claims10
Mixing chamber for mixing a gaseous and a liquid component, said mixing chamber being provided with separate inlet connections for pressurized components for the mixture which is to be formed, and an outlet connection for discharging the formed mixture to a space which is at lower pressure, said mixing chamber comprising a lower part and an upper part, said upper and lower parts having adjacent surfaces which meet at an inner side wall of said mixing chamber, said upper and lower parts enclosing a pressure body located in the upper region of the mixing chamber and a spring located in the lower region of the mixing chamber which biases the pressure body upwardly, said pressure body and the inner wall of the upper region of the mixing chamber forming an annular space around the pressure body, said lower part having a liquid inlet for passage of a pressurized liquid component into said mixing chamber, at least one of the adjacent surfaces of said upper and lower parts being provided with grooves which define, together with the surface of the other part, narrow channels substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the mixing chamber and having a transverse dimension equal to or less than 1 mm, said narrow channels opening into said annular space around the pressure body at the upper region of the mixing chamber and providing an inlet for passage of a pressurized gaseous component into said mixing chamber.
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