Device for mixing two fluids having different temperatures

• US 5,452,955 A
• Filed: 12/22/1994
• Issued: 09/26/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vattenfall Utveckling AB (Government of Sweden)
• Original Assignee: Vattenfall Utveckling AB (Government of Sweden)
• Inventors: Lundstrom, Anders
• Primary Examiner(s): Jenkins, Robert W.
• Application Number:
  US08/360,740
• Time in Patent Office: 278 Days
• Field of Search: 366/163.1, 366/163.2, 366/176.1, 366/173.1, 366/336, 366/337, 366/338, 366/340, 366/150.1, 137/888
• US Class Current: 366/163.2
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 23/45 using flow mixing
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/313 wherein additional components are introduced in the centre of the conduit
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/3132 by using two or more injector devices
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/3142 the conduit having a plurality of openings in the axial direction or in the circumferential direction
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/31425 with a plurality of perforations in the axial and circumferential direction covering the whole surface
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/834 Mixing in several steps, e.g. successive steps B01F33/81, B01F33/82 and B01F33/85 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/87587 Combining by aspiration

Abstract

Two fluids having different temperatures are to be mixed while supplying one fluid (A) through a main pipe (1) and conducting the other fluid (B) from a secondary pipe (2) into the main pipe. A mixing device (6) comprises a connecting branch which extends essentially radially into the main pipe (1) from the secondary pipe (2) and along whose outside the first fluid (A) may pass and which is formed with at least one nozzle-shaped aperture through which the second fluid (B) can be conducted into and mixed with the passing first fluid. The connecting branch comprises at least one through channel (13) extending transversely of the connecting branch and suitably in parallel with the longitudinal extent of the main pipe (1) and through which part of the first fluid can pass in a central partial flow. The inlet end of the channel (13) has a larger cross-sectional area than the outlet end, thereby giving the first fluid (A) an increased flow rate at the outlet end, the nozzle-shaped aperture being located adjacent this channel. In this manner, the second fluid is intimately mixed with the first in a centrally positioned area, while minimising every inclination of the second fluid to flow from the mixing device directly or abruptly, radially outwards towards the peripherally positioned main pipe (3).

Claims

1. In a device for mixing two fluids having different temperatures, said device including a connecting branch extending essentially radially into a primary pipe having a longitudinal axis and through which a first fluid is supplied from a secondary pipe through which a second fluid is supplied, said first fluid passing along the outside of said connecting branch, said connecting branch having at least one nozzle-shaped aperture through which said second fluid can be conducted and mixed with said fluid, said connecting branch having at least one channel, said channel having an inlet and an outlet, said channel extending transversely of said connecting branch and parallel relative to said longitudinal axis of said primary pipe and through which part of said first fluid may flow in a central partial flow spaced from a wall of said primary pipe, and said nozzle-shaped apertures being positioned adjacent and surrounding said channel, thereby providing mixing of the second fluid in the first fluid in an area which is centrally positioned or spaced from said wall of said primary pipe, the improvement wherein from a cross-sectional area of said inlet of said channel is about 2 to about 8 times larger than a cross sectional area that of said outlet, said channel decreasing in cross-sectional area from said inlet end to said outlet for increasing the speed of said first fluid at said outlet such that said first fluid entrains the surrounding flow of said second fluid through said nozzle-shaped apertures, whereby radial outward flow of said second fluid from said device is substantially reduced.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said channel is defined by a duct, said duct having an inlet end opening into an upstream side of a circumferential wall of said connecting branch, and an outlet end disposed in an aperture formed in an downstream wall portion, said aperture having a greater diameter than said outlet end of said duct thereby forming, an annular gap which serves as a nozzle-shaped aperture for discharging said second fluid in said primary pipe.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said duct comprise a conical tube portion widening towards said inlet end and a cylindrical tube portion connected to said outlet end.

4. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said nozzle-shaped aperture includes a plurality of wings, said wings projecting radially from said duct and dividing said nozzle-shaped aperture into a plurality of separate partial apertures for providing a corresponding number of partial flow areas through said nozzle-shaped aperture, at least two of said wings being diametrically opposed and passing into a substantially L-shaped guide plate, said plate dividing the interior of said connecting branch into two separate flow paths thereby forming two equally large partial flows on opposite sides of said two wings.

5. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein a free end of said connecting branch includes a closed arc-shaped wall portion having a straight portion which is inclined relative to the centre axis of the primary pipe, such that the upstream end of said back is positioned at a greater radial distance from the pipe wall of said primary pipe than the downstream end thereof.

6. The device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said connecting branch has a smaller diameter, than said secondary pipe or the mouth thereof in said primary pipe, whereby said connecting branch can be mounted in an existing primary pipe.

7. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said nozzle-shaped aperture includes a plurality of wings, said wings projecting radially from said duct and dividing said nozzle-shaped aperture into a plurality of separate partial apertures for providing a corresponding number of partial flow areas through said nozzle-shaped aperture, at least two of said wings being diametrically opposed and passing into a substantially L-shaped guide plate, said plate dividing the interior of said connecting branch into two separate flow paths thereby forming two equally large partial flows on opposite sides of said two wings.

8. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein a free end of said connecting branch includes a closed arc-shaped wall portion having a straight portion which is inclined relative to the centre axis of the primary pipe, such that the upstream end of said back is positioned at a greater radial distance from the pipe wall of said primary pipe than the downstream end thereof.

9. The device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said connecting branch has a smaller diameter, than said secondary pipe or the mouth thereof in said primary pipe, whereby said connecting branch can be mounted in an existing primary pipe.

10. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said nozzle-shaped aperture is formed in said downstream portion, said wall extending perpendicularly relative to said longitudinal axis of said primary pipe and passing into said cylindrical circumferential wall of said connecting branch via softly rounded wall portions.

11. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said nozzle-shaped aperture is formed in said downstream portion, said wall extending perpendicularly relative to said longitudinal axis of said primary pipe and passing into said cylindrical circumferential wall of said connecting branch via softly rounded wall portions.

12. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said nozzle-shaped aperture includes a plurality of wings, said wings projecting radially from said duct and dividing said nozzle-shaped shaped aperture into a plurality of separate partial apertures for providing a corresponding number of partial flow areas through said nozzle-shaped aperture, at least two of said wings being diametrically opposed and passing into a substantially L-shaped guide plate, said plate dividing the interior of said connecting branch into two separate flow paths thereby forming two equally large partial flows on opposite sides of said two wings.

13. The device as claimed in claim 11, wherein a free end of said connecting branch includes a closed arc-shaped wall portion having a straight portion which is inclined relative to the centre axis of the primary pipe, such that the upstream end of said back is positioned at a greater radial distance from the pipe wall of said primary pipe than the downstream end thereof.

14. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said nozzle-shaped aperture includes a plurality of wings, said wings projecting radially from said duct and dividing said nozzle-shaped aperture into a plurality of separate partial apertures for providing a corresponding number of partial flow areas through said nozzle-shaped aperture, at least two of said wings being diametrically opposed and passing into a substantially L-shaped guide plate, said plate dividing the interior of said connecting branch into two separate flow paths thereby forming two equally large partial flows on opposite sides of said two wings.

15. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein a free end of said connecting branch includes a closed arc-shaped wall portion having a straight portion which is inclined relative to the centre axis of the primary pipe, such that the upstream end of said back is positioned at a greater radial distance from the pipe wall of said primary pipe than the downstream end thereof.

16. The device as claimed in claim 10, wherein said connecting branch has a smaller diameter, than said secondary pipe or the mouth thereof in said primary pipe, whereby said connection branch can be mounted in an existing primary pipe.

17. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said nozzle-shaped aperture includes a plurality of wings, said wings projecting radially from said duct and dividing said nozzle-shaped aperture into a plurality of separate partial apertures for providing a corresponding number of partial flow areas through said nozzle-shaped aperture, at least two of said wings being diametrically opposed and passing into a substantially L-shaped guide plate, said plate dividing the interior of said connecting branch into two separate flow paths thereby forming two equally large partial flows on opposite sides of said two wings.

18. The device as claimed in claim 17, wherein said inlet of said connecting branch includes a flange and seal means adapted for connection with pipe portions associated with said secondary pipe.

19. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a free end of said connecting branch includes a closed arc-shaped wall portion having a straight portion which is inclined relative to the centre axis of the primary pipe, such that the upstream end of said back is positioned at a greater radial distance from the pipe wall of said primary pipe than the downstream end thereof.

20. The device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connecting branch has a smaller diameter, than said secondary pipe or the mouth thereof in said primary pipe, whereby said connecting branch can be mounted in an existing primary pipe.