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Method and apparatus for mixing fluids

  • US 20050056313A1
  • Filed: 10/15/2003
  • Published: 03/17/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for mixing a first fluid with a second fluid, the apparatus comprising:

  • a fluid distribution portion comprising at least one tubular portion having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface defining a first flow path for the first fluid, a duct that defines a second flow path for the second fluid, the duct having an axial direction and a first and second transverse directions mutually distinct from the axial direction, the first and second transverse directions defining a plane through an axial location and containing a cross-sectional area of the duct, a first fluid delivery system for supplying the first fluid to the fluid distribution portion a second fluid delivery system for supplying the second fluid to the duct;

    the tubular portion comprising a plurality of orifices each forming a third flow path along which the first fluid can be injected into the second fluid within the duct; and

    wherein the outer surface of the tubular portion comprising the orifices is positioned within the duct in the second flow path and the orifices when projected onto a plane containing the first and second transverse directions have an average spatial density of at least about 10,000 orifices per square meter of duct cross sectional area.

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