Method for spraying a medium and spraying nozzle
AssigneeMarioff Corporation Oy
InventorHarry Metzger
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Abstract
A method for spraying a medium mist, especially a medium mist used in firefighting, over a large area, in which method at least two sprays of medium mist are formed, of which a first spray (S1) is within a second medium mist spray (S2) at least at or near the spraying point. During the formation of the sprays (S1, S2), the medium is set into a swirling motion at least before the discharge opening (5, 13) of the nozzle used to form each spray (S1, S2) and/or at least before the sprays (S1, S2) are mixed with each other, and that the swirling directions of the medium in different sprays (S1, S2) are opposite to each other, whereby a preferably homogeneous mist spray spread over a large area is achieved.
Claims14
A method for spraying a medium mist, in which method at least two sprays of medium mist are formed, of which a first spray (S1) is within a second medium mist spray (S2) at least at or near the spraying point, in which method during the formation of the sprays (S1, S2), the medium is set into a swirling motion at least before the discharge opening (5, 13) of the nozzle used to form each spray (S1, S2) and/or at least before the sprays (S1, S2) are mixed with each other, and that the swirling directions of different sprays (S1, S2) and/or of the medium used to produce them are opposite to each other, whereby a preferably homogeneous mist spray spread over a large area is achieved, wherein the first spray (S1) is delivered via the discharge opening (5) of a first nozzle chamber and the second spray (S2) via the discharge opening (13) of a second nozzle chamber, which latter discharge opening (13) has a ring-like shape and surrounds the first nozzle opening (5),
- said method further comprising the formation of at least one third spray (S3), within which the first spray (S1) and the second spray (S2) remain at least at or near the spraying point, so that the swirling directions of the medium of each adjacent spray (S1, S2 and S2, S3) are opposite to each other at least before the discharge opening (5, 13, 16) of the nozzle used to form each spray and/or at least before the adjacent sprays (S1, S2 and S2, S3) are mixed with each other.
A spraying nozzle, comprising a frame (1) with an inlet (2) formed therein, a first nozzle chamber (4) with one first nozzle opening (5), a second nozzle chamber (6) with a discharge opening (13), and at least one medium passage (9, 10) from the inlet (2) to each spraying chamber (4, 6), wherein the spraying nozzle further comprises means (9) for conducting a spraying medium into the first spraying chamber (4) in such a way that the spraying medium is caused to swirl in a first direction, and means (10) for conducting a spraying medium into the second chamber (6) in such a way that the spraying medium is caused to swirl in a second direction, which is substantially opposite to the swirling direction of the medium conveyed into the first chamber (4), wherein the discharge opening (13) of the second nozzle chamber (6) is formed as a ring-like opening around the discharge opening of the first nozzle chamber (4),
- wherein the spraying nozzle further comprises at least one third chamber (7), whose discharge opening surrounds the discharge openings (13 and 5) of the second chamber (6) and the first chamber (4), and means for conducting a spraying medium into the third chamber (7) in such a way that the medium is caused to swirl in a first direction, which is opposite to the swirling direction of the medium conducted into the second chamber (6).
A spraying nozzle, comprising a frame (1) with an inlet (2) formed therein, a first nozzle chamber (4) with one first nozzle opening (5), a second nozzle chamber (6) with a discharge opening (13), and at least one medium passage (9, 10) from the inlet (2) to each spraying chamber (4, 6), wherein the spraying nozzle further comprises means (9) for conducting a spraying medium into the first spraying chamber (4) in such a way that the spraying medium is caused to swirl in a first direction, and means (10) for conducting a spraying medium into the second chamber (6) in such a way that the spraying medium is caused to swirl in a second direction, which is substantially opposite to the swirling direction of the medium conveyed into the first chamber (4), wherein the discharge opening (13) of the second nozzle chamber (6) is formed as a ring-like opening around the discharge opening of the first nozzle chamber (4),
- wherein the spraying nozzle further comprises at least one third chamber (7), whose discharge opening surrounds the discharge openings (13 and 5) of the second chamber (6) and the first chamber (4), and means for conducting a spraying medium into the third chamber (7) in such a way that the medium is caused to swirl in a first direction, which is opposite to the swirling direction of the medium conducted into the second chamber (6), and
- wherein the third spraying chamber (7) has a ring-like discharge opening (16).
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