Vortex mixer and method of obtaining a supersaturated solution or slurry
AssigneePurac Biochem B.V.
InventorsMarcus J. A. W. Vorage, Neda Radenovic-Pelletier, Jildert E. Visser, Paola S. Garzon Lopez
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Abstract
The invention relates to a vortex mixer comprising a mixing chamber having an axial outlet and at least one inlet which is at least substantially tangential. The mixer further comprises a residence chamber extending axially on the side of the mixing chamber opposite from the axial outlet.
Claims20
Vortex mixer for mixing materials comprising a mixing chamber having an axial outlet and at least one inlet that is at least substantially tangential, and a closed residence chamber in fluid communication with the mixing chamber and extending axially on the side of the mixing chamber opposite from the axial outlet, wherein substantially all of the materials introduced into the vortex mixer leave the vortex mixer on the same side through the axial outlet.
A vortex mixer for mixing at least two liquid streams of different materials, the mixer having a first end and a second end and a central axis extending from the first end to the second end, the mixer comprising:
- a mixing chamber comprising:
- a bottom surface and an inner wall surface extending from the bottom surface and a top edge;
- an axial outlet in the bottoms surface proximate the first end;
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- at least one inlet located within the inner wall surface proximate the first end wherein the at least one inlet is in at least substantially tangential to the inner surface of the mixing chamber;
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- a closed residence chamber defined by an inner surface, the closed residence chamber coupled to the mixing chamber at the top edge, the residence chamber in fluid communication with the mixing chamber and extending axially on the side of the mixing chamber opposite from the axial outlet, and configured such that the at least two liquid streams enter the mixing chamber through the at least one inlet where in the at least two liquid streams of different materials are mixed in an outer vortex that is substantially adjacent the inner wall surface of the mixing chamber and the inner surface of the residence chamber and in a direction of flow from the first end to the second end and an inner vortex that is located between the central axis and the outer vortex and in a direction of flow from the second end to the first end, wherein substantially all of the materials introduced into the vortex mixer leave the vortex mixer through the axial outlet at a desired composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.