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Methods and apparatus for high-shear mixing and reacting of materials

  • US 20040052158A1
  • Filed: 09/11/2003
  • Published: 03/18/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for high-shear mixing and reacting of materials comprising:

  • supplying a first material to a flow path constituted by an interdiffusion passage between two closely spaced stationary surfaces at a respective first flow rate;

    supplying a second material to the flow path through the interdiffusion passage at a respective second flow rate, to be interdiffused with the first material therein, with resultant material from the interdiffusion and any consequent reaction moving in the flow path at a respective resultant flow rate;

    wherein the first and the second materials, and material resulting from interdiffusion and any consequent reaction of the materials, form respective boundary layers against both surfaces;

    wherein the radial spacing between the two surfaces is equal to or less than the back-to-back radial thicknesses of the two boundary layers of material against the two surfaces, and if larger than the back-to-back radial thicknesses with a third layer between the two boundary layers has the third layer too thin to support turbulent convection or to cause channeling; and

    wherein the flow rates of the materials in the flow path are such that they are subjected to laminar shear of the value required for the interdiffusion.

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