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US 8,349,191 B2Granted
Diffuser/emulsifier for aquaculture applications
AssigneeRevalesio Corporation
InventorAnthony B. Wood
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Abstract
A method of treatment of water in an aquatic environment. Water is first pumped from a reservoir to a first mixing station. An inert gas is introduced into the pumped water at the first mixing station to provide inert gas saturated water, which inert gas saturated water will displace undesired gasses in the water in the reservoir. The inert gas saturated water is then pumped to a sparging column such that the inert gas and undesired gasses will be released from the inert gas saturated water to provide depleted water.
Claims30
A system for treatment of a beverage fluid, comprising:
- a first mixing station in flow communication with a reservoir and comprising a mixer and a source of inert gas for introducing an inert gas into a beverage fluid from the reservoir to provide inert gas saturated beverage fluid, which inert gas saturated beverage fluid will displace undesired gasses in the beverage fluid;
- a sparging column in flow communication with the first mixing station for receiving the inert gas saturated beverage fluid and configured to enable the inert gas and undesired gasses to be released from the inert gas saturated beverage fluid to provide beverage fluid depleted, relative to the inert gas saturated beverage fluid, of both the inert gas and the undesired gasses;
- and a second mixing station in flow communication with the sparging column for receiving the depleted beverage fluid, the second mixing station comprising a mixer and a source of oxygen or air for oxygenating the depleted beverage fluid to provide oxygen enriched beverage fluid.
A method of treatment of a beverage fluid, comprising:
- pumping beverage fluid from a reservoir to a first mixing station comprising a mixer and a source of inert gas for introducing an inert gas into the beverage fluid;
- saturating the beverage fluid with an inert gas to displace undesired gasses in the pumped beverage fluid to provide depleted beverage fluid;
- pumping the depleted beverage fluid to a second mixing station comprising a mixer and a source of oxygen or air for oxygenating the depleted beverage fluid;
- introducing oxygen into the depleted beverage fluid to provide oxygen enriched beverage fluid;
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- returning the oxygen enriched beverage fluid to the reservoir.
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