Gas dissolving apparatus and method
AssigneeEco Oxygen Technologies, LLC
InventorRichard E. Speece
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for dissolving a gas into a fluid which may contain at least one dissolved gas. The apparatus includes a conventional U-tube oxygenator which includes a U-tube member having an inlet for the introduction of the fluid and the gas to be dissolved into the fluid, and an outlet. The fluid is housed in the U-tube member. The apparatus further includes a helix-shaped bubble harvestor located proximate the bottom of the inlet side of the U-tube member. The helix-shaped bubble harvester removes fugitive (undissolved) gas bubbles from the fluid flow and returns them to the bubble swarm located above the helix-shaped bubble harvestor. The resulting fluid, which contains a high concentration of dissolved gas, exits the outlet of the U-tube member.
Claims9
An apparatus for dissolving a gas into a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
- a U-shaped tube having an inlet side for introduction of the fluid and the gas therethrough, and having an outlet side for release of fluid having the gas dissolved therein;
- a helix-shaped bubble harvester having a longitudinal axis and located in the inlet side of the U-shaped tube;
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- a bubble return tube located proximate the longitudinal axis of the helix-shaped bubble harvester and having at least one aperture therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.