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US 9,956,533 B2Granted
Tubular reactor and process
AssigneeAshe Morris Ltd.
InventorsRobert Ashe, David Morris
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Abstract
A continuous mixer/reactor and a mixing process are provided in which materials flow in an orderly fashion along the length of a channel (9) and the materials are mixed in a direction transverse to the axis of the channel (9) by the provision of agitator elements (5, 7) within the channel (9) and shaking the channel (9) so that the agitator elements (5, 7) move within the channel (9) in the radial direction of the channel (9).
Claims26
A continuous flow system comprising:
- (a) a channel containing one or more agitators which are of a different density to other fluid components located within the channel, wherein the channel is rigid, and the channel has:
- (i) one or more inlets for material at a first end of the channel;
- (ii) one or more outlets for material located at a second end of the channel opposite the first end such that the one or more inlets and the one or more outlets are located on an axial path of material movement through the channel;
- and
- (iii) a length of the channel is at least 5 times greater than a diameter of the channel;
- (b) a shaking platform for generating shaking of the channel;
- wherein material passing through the channel is subject to orderly flow, movement of the one or more agitators is generated by shaking the channel by the shaking platform, a direction of mixing is substantially transverse to a direction of material flow through the channel, and the direction of material flow is axial along the length of the channel;
- and
- wherein the continuous flow system is a dynamically mixed plug flow system.
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An apparatus for mixing a continuously orderly flowing stream comprising:
- (i) a channel containing one or more agitators which are of a different density to other fluid components located within the channel, wherein the channel is rigid, and the channel has:
- (a) one or more inlets for material at a first end of the channel;
- and
- (b) one or more outlets for material located at a second end of the channel opposite the first end such that the one or more inlets and the one or more outlets are located on an axial path of material movement through the channel,
- (c) a length of the channel is at least 5 times greater than a diameter of the channel;
- (ii) a shaking platform for shaking the channel and to generate movement of the one or more agitators;
- whereby a direction of mixing is substantially transverse to a direction of material flow through the channel and the direction of material flow is axial along the length of the channel;
- wherein the channel is mounted on the shaking platform;
- and
- wherein the apparatus is a dynamically mixed plug flow system.
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A process for mixing a stream continuously flowing in a channel, wherein the channel is rigid and contains:
- (i) one or more agitators which are of a different density to other fluid components located within the channel;
- (ii) one or more inlets for material located at a first end of the channel;
- and
- (iii) one or more outlets for material located at a second end of the channel opposite the first end such that the one or more inlets and the one or more outlets are located on an axial path of material movement through the channel;
- (iv) a length of the channel is at least 5 times greater than a diameter of the channel;
- and
- wherein the channel is mounted to a shaking platform;
- wherein material passing through the channel is subject to orderly flow and movement of the one or more agitators is generated by shaking the channel by the shaking platform;
- whereby a direction of mixing is substantially transverse to a direction of material flow through the channel and the direction of material flow is axial along the length of the channel;
- and
- wherein the channel and the shaking platform are part of a continuous flow system which is a dynamically mixed plug flow system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.