EP0225526B1 - Appareil pour traiter un liquid avec des gaz ou pour mélanger des liquides - Google Patents

Appareil pour traiter un liquid avec des gaz ou pour mélanger des liquides Download PDF

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EP0225526B1
EP0225526B1 EP86116151A EP86116151A EP0225526B1 EP 0225526 B1 EP0225526 B1 EP 0225526B1 EP 86116151 A EP86116151 A EP 86116151A EP 86116151 A EP86116151 A EP 86116151A EP 0225526 B1 EP0225526 B1 EP 0225526B1
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Bruno Gruber
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/238—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids using vibrations, electrical or magnetic energy, radiations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/231—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids by bubbling
    • B01F23/23105—Arrangement or manipulation of the gas bubbling devices
    • B01F23/2312—Diffusers
    • B01F23/23121—Diffusers having injection means, e.g. nozzles with circumferential outlet
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/40—Mixers using gas or liquid agitation, e.g. with air supply tubes
    • B01F33/409—Parts, e.g. diffusion elements; Accessories
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F35/00—Accessories for mixers; Auxiliary operations or auxiliary devices; Parts or details of general application
    • B01F35/71—Feed mechanisms
    • B01F35/717—Feed mechanisms characterised by the means for feeding the components to the mixer
    • B01F35/71755—Feed mechanisms characterised by the means for feeding the components to the mixer using means for feeding components in a pulsating or intermittent manner
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00—Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/20—Mixing gases with liquids
    • B01F23/23—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids
    • B01F23/231—Mixing gases with liquids by introducing gases into liquid media, e.g. for producing aerated liquids by bubbling
    • B01F23/23105—Arrangement or manipulation of the gas bubbling devices
    • B01F23/2312—Diffusers
    • B01F23/23126—Diffusers characterised by the shape of the diffuser element
    • B01F23/231264—Diffusers characterised by the shape of the diffuser element being in the form of plates, flat beams, flat membranes or films

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  • the invention relates to a device for gassing a carrier liquid or for admixing an additional liquid to a carrier liquid with a chamber, a gas or liquid inlet opening into the chamber, a distributor which is provided with gas or liquid outlet openings, and a vibration device.
  • a shock pressure wave source which can vibrate or emit sound, is arranged inside a chamber into which gaseous medium is introduced.
  • the shock pressure wave source causes the gas filaments, which pass through the distributor designed as a perforated plate, to be torn off.
  • a gas bubble outlet which comprises a finely perforated oscillator membrane.
  • the gas bubble emitter is immersed in a liquid and, if it is continuously subjected to gas, automatically vibrates, whereby fine gas bubbles are generated in a pulsating manner.
  • the distributor consists of a pulsating sieve plate column which can be moved up and down in a vessel filled with a liquid.
  • the sieve trays are supported by three vertical feed lines through which the gas to be dispersed is led under the lowest sieve tray.
  • Numerous devices are also known for mixing liquids with one another. These known devices involve the introduction of liquid into another liquid by means of mechanical swirling. In order to produce mixtures or emulsions with the known possibilities, a large amount of kinetic energy is consumed. It is also often undesirable to raise the temperature due to the friction that occurs.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a device which enables large amounts of gas or additional liquid to be introduced in finely divided form into a carrier liquid with little energy expenditure, without this having to be brought into turbulent movement and thereby heating up in an often undesirable manner .
  • the object is achieved in that the distributor, the wall opposite this or both are designed or mounted to vibrate relative to the chamber and that the vibrating device is connected to the distributor, to the wall opposite the distributor or to both, and this with vibrations acted upon, the volume of the chamber being pulsatile compressible.
  • the distributor is preferably designed as a membrane, which is set in vibration, for example, with the aid of the vibration device.
  • the distributor can be connected to the chamber via an elastic intermediate layer, so that the distributor can also be designed essentially as a rigid plate, the pulsating compression being effected via the elastic intermediate layer.
  • the vibration device suitably consists of an electromagnetic vibration generator.
  • the vibrating device can be connected to the distributor and / or the wall opposite this via a rigid linkage.
  • the number and size of the escaping gas or liquid bubbles can be set in a wide range with the amount of liquid or gas supply, the number and size of the bores of the distributor, the frequency and amplitude of the oscillation of the vibration generator.
  • the fine bubbles always emerge from the distributor when the vibration generator exerts pressure on the distributor or the membrane and the gas or liquid overpressure on the distributor thus increases.
  • Figure 1 shows a cross section through a device with a distributor 1, which is attached to the edge of the chamber 2, has a gas or liquid supply line 3 and has a vibration device 5, which acts on the membrane 10 via a rigid linkage 4 and that in the Chamber 2 located gas or the liquid can pulsate, so that the distributor 1 releases synchronous to the vibration frequency fine bubbles 6 in a surrounding liquid.
  • Figure 2 shows a cross section through a device with a perforated membrane as a distributor 1, which is attached to the chamber 2, wherein a vibrating device 5 acts on the distributor 1 via a rigid linkage 4.
  • Figure 3 shows a cross section through a device with a rigid perforated plate as a distributor 1, which is fastened to the chamber 2 via an elastic intermediate layer 8 (for example rubber) and has a vibration device 5 which acts on the distributor 1 via a rigid linkage 4 .
  • an elastic intermediate layer 8 for example rubber
  • Figure 4 shows a cross section through a device with a distributor 1, which is inserted into the side of a tube 9 filled with liquid, the vibrating device 5 acting on the membrane 10 with a second linkage 7 inside the chamber 2 providing a rigid connection with the Distributor 1 owns.
  • the distributor 1 consists of a perforated membrane.

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Claims (5)

  1. Dispositif pour dissoudre un gaz dans un liquide porteur ou pour mélanger un additif liquide à un liquide porteur, comprenant une chambre (2), une admission de gaz ou de liquide (3) qui débouche dans la chambre (2), un distributeur (1) qui est muni d'orifices de sortie du gaz ou du liquide, ainsi qu'un dispositit vibrateur (5), caractérisé en ce que le distributeur (1), la paroi (10) opposée à lui ou les deux ensemble sont réalisés ou montés de façon à pouvoir vibrer par rapport à la chambre, et en ce que le dispositif vibrateur (5) est raccordé au distributeur (1), à la paroi (10) opposée au distributeur (1) ou aux deux et imprime à ceux-ci des vibrations, le volume de la chambre (2) étant compressible de façon pulsatoire.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le distributeur (1) est réalisé sous forme de membrane.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le distributeur (1) est relié à la chambre (2) par une pièce intermédiaire élastique (8).
  4. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif vibrateur (5) est réalise sous forme de générateur électromagnétique de vibrations.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif vibrateur (5) est relié par une tringlerie rigide (4, 7) au distributeur (1) et/ou à la paroi (10) opposée à celui-ci.
EP86116151A 1985-12-05 1986-11-21 Appareil pour traiter un liquid avec des gaz ou pour mélanger des liquides Expired - Lifetime EP0225526B1 (fr)

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AT86116151T ATE85903T1 (de) 1985-12-05 1986-11-21 Vorrichtung zur begasung von fluessigkeiten oder zur mischung von fluessigkeiten.

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DE3543022A DE3543022C1 (en) 1985-12-05 1985-12-05 Appliance for mixing gas into a liquid
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DE3608970 1986-03-18
DE3608970A DE3608970C1 (en) 1986-03-18 1986-03-18 Apparatus for mixing liquids

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