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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
  • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
  • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
  • B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
  • B05B7/04—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge
  • B05B7/0416—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge with arrangements for mixing one gas and one liquid
  • B05B7/0433—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge with arrangements for mixing one gas and one liquid with one inner conduit of gas surrounded by an external conduit of liquid upstream the mixing chamber
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
  • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
  • B05B17/00—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups
  • B05B17/04—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods
  • B05B17/06—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations
  • B05B17/0692—Apparatus for spraying or atomising liquids or other fluent materials, not covered by the preceding groups operating with special methods using ultrasonic or other kinds of vibrations generated by a fluid

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a device for misting a liquid composition intended for the treatment of the volumes and surfaces of a room and the equipment which it contains.
• the risks of contamination of a room by germs present in the environment or brought from the exterior concerns both people and in particular sensitive people such as children, the elderly and the sick, as well as the furniture and equipment that may be found there.
• the procedure for disinfecting rooms is carried out by spraying a disinfectant product into the air.
• the size of the vaporized drops is too large to allow diffusion throughout the volume of the room and on the walls. Therefore the walls, furniture and instruments equipping the room are not treated, which requires a separate treatment of the surfaces by wiping with a disinfectant.
• the vaporization or spraying of a liquid consists in achieving a fragmentation of a liquid mass into a multitude of fine drops which are projected into the atmosphere.
• the passage of a fluid in a pipe having a narrowing of section causes an increase in the speed of flow of the fluid and a local decrease in the static pressure at the level of said narrowing.
• the depression has the effect of causing a relaxation at the exit of the narrowing. It is the venturi effect.
• Liquid carried by a gas flow passing through a venturi thus undergoes relaxation causing its fractionation into fine drops.
• Vaporizers generally use this principle. Either the air-liquid mixture is done in an internal chamber then the mixture is ejected under pressure through a venturi-shaped nozzle. Either the gas and the liquid are ejected separately under pressure into the low pressure region of the venturi.
• the size of the drops obtained is relatively large (approximately 80 to 200 ⁇ m in diameter, for a flow rate of 3 to 5 ml per minute only) and due to the gravity, most of it is deposited in the immediate vicinity of the apparatus, while a small fraction 10. disperses by diffusion into the air. Not only are the most distant volumes not treated, but also the closest surfaces receive heterogeneously dispersed drops, which tend to merge without covering the entire surface.
• mist a device for nebulization by low pressure compressed air, 0 making it possible to deliver a mist formed by small drops (of the order of 0.5 ⁇ m or less).
• This device only works correctly for flow rates of the order of 2 ml / hour, which is entirely insufficient to ensure effective disinfection of a room.
• a room for medical purposes such as an operating room requires, according to current standards, 1 ml to 4 ml of disinfectant liquid per m 3.
• the present invention proposes to remedy these drawbacks, and d '' bring other advantages, thanks to a vaporization device for generating a dry mist (thus called mist), from a liquid composition containing an active product such as a disinfectant, with a high yield.
• This device makes it possible to quickly carry out the complete treatment of a room, namely the atmosphere as well as the walls and the equipment, in a single operation.
• the treatment is carried out in a very short time, with a reduced consumption of active product, which has a significant economic advantage.
• the device which is the subject of the present invention and the nozzle with which it is equipped, which has the capacity to spray a large volume of liquid in such fine droplets - the order of 2 ⁇ m to 20 ⁇ m in diameter (with a Gaussian average between -7 and 15 ⁇ m) - that they disperse in homogeneous suspension throughout the space surrounding, non-condensing.
• the fineness of the droplets formed is such that, when they come into contact with a surface, they adhere to it without agglomerating with one another, in an extremely thin continuous film, the surface retaining its dry appearance. This is why the fog generated by the device according to the invention is qualified as "dry fog".
• the subject of the invention is a nozzle for misting a liquid in the atmosphere.
• a nozzle for misting a liquid in the atmosphere comprising: - a secondary vein 102 connected to means 200 for supplying said liquid and comprising means 1 for carrying out a first fractionation of said liquid and an expansion chamber 2, - a main vein 101 connected to means for generating d 'A gas flow 300, comprising means 3 for carrying out a second fractionation of said liquid and an outlet orifice 4 towards the atmosphere, - joining means 5 connecting the expansion chamber 2 and the means 3 for carrying out the second fractionation of said liquid.
• the means for generating a gas flow 300 comprise a source of supply 301 of pressurized gas, commonly a compressed air compressor, and a conduit 303 necessary for conveying the gas to the nozzle.
• the liquid supply means 200 comprise at least one reservoir 201, a solution intended to be vaporized containing an active substance such as a disinfecting agent, and the conduits 203 and 204, necessary for conveying the product to the nozzle.
• the secondary stream 102 has the shape of a cylinder, the central part of which is occupied by the main stream 101 also of cylindrical shape, the annular section space thus created constituting the expansion chamber 2.
• the wall 25 delimiting a cylindrical conduit 24 belonging to the main vein 101 is at the same time the partition between said main vein and said expansion chamber.
• the first fractionation of the liquid and the second fractionation of the liquid can be carried out using venturi-shaped conduits, the principle of which has been described above.
• the means for carrying out a first fractionation then comprise a first venturi 6 comprising a converging 8 followed by a calibrated cylindrical part 9, the latter opening into the expansion chamber 2.
• the calibrated cylindrical part 9 constitutes a narrowing at through which the liquid to be sprayed is introduced into the expansion chamber 2.
• the section of the calibrated cylindrical part 9 can be more or less large, but must be sufficiently small so that the liquid arriving through the convergent 8 undergoes an acceleration then a relaxation in the expansion chamber.
• the diameter of the calibrated cylindrical part 9 will be fixed at a value between 0.1 mm and 1.2 mm.
• the shape of the convergent 8 was of some importance on the quality of the fractionation.
• This convergent has conventionally a conical shape, one end of which is refined until it has the same diameter as the calibrated cylindrical part 9 which extends it. It can also, according to a preferred embodiment, take the form of a truncated cone, the smallest end of which has a larger diameter than the diameter of the calibrated cylindrical part 9, and is adjusted thereto by means of a bearing 27, so that the reduction in section between the supply duct 203 and the calibrated cylindrical part 9 has a discontinuity.
• the calibrated cylindrical part 9 opens into the expansion chamber 2 set back relative to the wall 26 of said expansion chamber.
• the liquid supply conduit 203 can be fixed to the nozzle by the wall 26 which delimits the expansion chamber. H is then preferably inserted into a hole made in said wall, at a depth less than the thickness of said wall, so that the surface of the liquid supply conduit 203 is recessed with respect to the internal surface of the wall 26 of the expansion chamber.
• the means for carrying out the second fractionation comprise a second venturi 7 comprising a convergent 10 followed by a cylindrical part 11 opening into the atmosphere through the outlet orifice 4.
• the pressurized gas flow arriving through the cylindrical conduit 24 sees its pressure further increased in the convergent 10 of the second venturi 7 and undergo a significant acceleration at the level of the cylindrical part 11, then a depression at the outlet 4.
• the depression has the additional effect of creating a suction force on the junction means 5 connecting the main vein 101 to the secondary vein
• the pre-fractionated liquid located in the expansion chamber 2 is drawn into the venturi 7 forming a fluid mixed with the gas.
• the mixed gas-liquid fluid entering the low pressure area, the liquid then undergoes a second fractionation.
• the joining means 5. comprise at least one joining duct 12 connecting the expansion chamber 2 and the cylindrical part 11 of the second venturi 7.
• said joining means 5 comprise a plurality of ducts junction 12, arranged radially with respect to the cylindrical part 11 of the second venturi 7.
• 4 junction conduits can open into the cyhndrique part . 11.
• the junction conduits 12 open in a symmetrical distribution in the cylindrical part 11. This gives a homogeneous gas-liquid mixture without disturbing the gas stream to which the liquid comes incorporate.
• the expansion chamber 2 preferably has sudden variations in thickness along the longitudinal axis. For example, 4 thicknesses can be provided, ranging from a few tenths of a millimeter to a few millimeters, the largest thickness being located in the central zone of the expansion chamber 2. In a particularly advantageous manner, said chamber has the thickness the weakest near the junction ducts 12.
• the misting nozzle according to the invention further comprises means for carrying out a third fractionation of the liquid to be vaporized.
• This third fractionation is preferably carried out by sonic vibration.
• the nozzle according to the invention is then equipped with an ultrasonic resonator 21 and a resonance chamber 22, said resonator and said resonance chamber being subject to the outlet orifice 4, in the axis of the main vein 101
• the mixed fluid ejected from the orifice 4 is thus subjected to an ultrasonic field causing a new fragmentation of the liquid particles, in particular of the largest of them, into finer particles. In this way a spray mist is obtained in which the droplets are more homogeneous in size.
• the product delivered by the nozzle according to the invention can be delivered at different flow rates in order to optimize more or less large quantities of product without increasing the treatment time and without the operator having to make adjustments. delicate and complex.
• an increase in the gas flow in the main vein will not cause an increase in the vaporized flow rate, because too high a pressure would make the suction of the liquid inoperative at the level of the second venturi inoperative.
• the flow of liquid entering the nozzle for example at the level of the means for carrying out the first fractionation.
• the diameter of the calibrated cylindrical part 9 of said venturi must be different according to the desired flow.
• the calibrated cylindrical part 9 will be of different diameter.
• the nozzle comprises two first venturis 6 and 6 'respectively comprising a convergent 8 and 8', followed by a cylindrical calibrated part 9 and 9 'opening into the expansion chamber 2, said calibrated cylindrical parts having a different diameter.
• a first calibrated cylindrical part will have a diameter of 0.4 mm
• a second calibrated cylindrical part will have a diameter of 0.9 mm.
• the first venturis 6 and 6 ' are also connected separately to the liquid supply means 200 by the conduits 203 and 204 respectively, so that the liquid can be introduced either by one or by the other, alternately.
• Said first venturis are preferably placed symmetrically on either side of the expansion chamber 2.
• the means for supplying liquid to the nozzle indifferently comprise one or two first venturis, which relates to one being able to apply the same to the other.
• a nozzle comprising more than two first venturis, for example 3 or 4 or more, could also be used.
• such a nozzle can easily be developed by a person skilled in the art, in the light of the characteristics of the present description and of the illustrative examples.
• the misting nozzle according to the invention is intended to be integrated into an apparatus providing for its supply of fluids and fulfilling other functions such as control and regulation during the treatment of premises, movement or others.
• An object of the present invention is therefore also an apparatus for misting a liquid in the atmosphere comprising
• a misting nozzle 100 according to any one of the preceding claims, means for supplying pressurized gas 300 connected to the main stream 101,
• means for supplying liquid 200 comprising a reservoir 201 containing said liquid, the orifice 202 of which is connected to the secondary stream 102,
• the reservoir 201 is placed at a level such that the orifice 202 of said reservoir is lower than the misting nozzle 100.
• the supply of liquid is then carried out by suction.
• the apparatus according to the invention preferably comprises means for controlling and regulating the level of the liquid in the reservoir 201 during use.
• the various pneumatic and hydraulic circuits ensuring the supply of the nozzle with liquid and gas can be equipped with a control system, preferably automated, of the pressures and flow rates during the operation of the device.
• a control system preferably automated, of the pressures and flow rates during the operation of the device.
• Such systems are advantageously designed to control the regulation of fluid parameters in order to ensure linear operation of the device.
• Another object of the present invention is a method of misting the atmosphere of a liquid. It includes the steps consisting in: carrying out a first fractionation of said liquid by suction through a conduit 203 (or alternatively 204) having a first venturi 6 (or 6 ′) opening into an expansion chamber 2 sotimized at negative pressure, - Carry out a second fractionation of said liquid by suction through junction means 5 of the expansion chamber 2 to a second venturi 7 supplied by a gaseous flow under pressure.
• the gas supply pressure of the second venturi 7 is adjusted so that the pressure prevailing at the outlet 4 of said second venturi is lower than the pressure prevailing in the expansion chamber 2.
• the liquid supply is preferably carried out from a reservoir 201, the liquid level of which is maintained within a defined limited range during operation.
• the misting method according to the invention is preferably implemented using a misting nozzle such as that described above.
• the first and second fractionations are carried out using a misting nozzle comprising: - a secondary stream 102 connected to means 200 for supplying said liquid and comprising means 1 for carrying out a first fractionation of said liquid and an expansion chamber 2, - a main stream 101 connected to means for generating a gas flow 300, comprising means 3 for carrying out a second fractionation of said liquid and an outlet orifice 4 towards the atmosphere, - means 5 for joining said secondary vein to said main vein, connecting the expansion chamber 2 and the means 3 for carrying out the second fractionation of said liquid.
• the first fractionation of the liquid and the second fractionation of the liquid are carried out using venturi-shaped conduits and - the pressure of the gas flow in the main stream 101 is between 2.5 bars and 3.5 bars , preferably 3 bars, - the diameter of the calibrated cylindrical part 9 of the first venturi 6 is between 0.3 mm and 1 mm, allowing a liquid flow rate between 15 ml / mm and 30 ml / mm.
• the density of the sprayed liquid must be between 0.95 and 1.05.
• Diluted solutions such as compositions comprising a disinfectant product, generally having a density close to that of water, this characteristic does not constitute a limiting factor for the use of the device according to the invention.
• the process using the apparatus according to the invention under the conditions specified above is capable of spraying 15 ml to 40 ml per minute of Hquide in the form of a mist formed of droplets of which the average diameter (Gaussian average) is understood. between 7 ⁇ m and 15 ⁇ m.
• the misting process according to the invention can also comprise a step consisting in carrying out a third fractionation of the Hquide by ultrasonic resonance.
• a misting nozzle as described, or a misting apparatus comprising such a nozzle is intended for all kinds of applications calling upon the vaporization of a liquid product in the form of a very fine mist.
• it is perfectly suited for disinfecting premises for medical, paramedical, agrifood, or other purposes.
• Figure 1 shows an overview of a misting device with two input channels and ultrasonic resonator, according to the invention.
• FIG. 2 represents a view in longitudinal section of a misting nozzle with two input channels and an ultrasonic resonator, according to the invention. . . .
• Figure 3 shows an exploded view of a misting nozzle with two inlet channels. and an ultrasonic resonator according to the invention.
• the apparatus for misting a Hquide into the atmosphere comprises a misting nozzle 100, means for supplying Hquide 200, means for generating a gas flow 300, and control means and fluid regulation 400.
• the liquid supply means 200 comprise a reservoir 201 having the orifices 202a and 202b, connected by the conduits 203 and 204 respectively, to the secondary stream 102 of the nozzle 100.
• the means for generating d 'a gas flow 300 comprise a compressed air supply 301 having a. orifice 302 reHé to the main vein 101 of the nozzle 100 by the conduit 303.
• the reservoir 201 containing the liquid to be sprayed is placed below the nozzle 100. It is controlled by the means of control and regulation 400 of the level of the liquid .
• the control and regulation means 400 also make it possible to control the supply of liquid by one or other of the conduits 203 and 204, alternately.
• the supply of pressurized gas 301 is provided by an air compressor.
• the nozzle 100 equipping the misting apparatus may be that which is described in detail in Example 2 below.
• the spray nozzle illustrated in FIG. 2 has the general shape of a cylinder comprising two liquid supply conduits 203 and 204.
• EUe has an expansion chamber 2 having a cylindrical shape which surrounds the conduit 24, also in shape cyHndrique.
• the wall 25 delimiting the cylindrical conduit 24 is at the same time the partition with the expansion chamber 2..
• the expansion chamber 2 is supplied with Hquide through the first venturi 6 comprising the converging 8 having a bearing 27 followed by the carburetted cyHndric part 9 in the expansion chamber 2.
• the caHbre (diameter) of the cylindrical part 9 is here 0.4 mm which corresponds to a low flow operation of the nozzle.
• the whole constitutes the secondary vein 102.
• the supply conduit 203 is fixed in the external wall 26 of the nozzle which delimits the expansion chamber 2, at a depth less than the thickness of the wall 26, so that the cylindrical capped part 9 is set back by relative to the internal surface of the wall 26.
• the end of the supply duct 203 is set back 1.5 mm to 3 mm relative to the internal surface of the wall 26 of the expansion chamber 2.
• the expansion chamber 2 is supplied with liquid through the first venturi 6 ′ comprising the convergent 8 ′ followed by the cylindrical capped portion 9 ′ opening into the expansion chamber 2.
• the caHbre (diameter) of the calibrated cylindrical part 9 ′ is here 0.9 mm, which corresponds to high-speed operation of the nozzle.
• the supply conduit 204 is fixed in the external wall 26 of the nozzle which delimits the expansion chamber 2, so that the calibrated cylindrical part 9 ′ is set back by 1, 5 mm to 3 mm relative to the internal surface of the wall 26 of the expansion chamber 2.
• the conduits 203 and 204 are placed symmetrically on either side of the expansion chamber 2.
• Each of the said conduits is connected to the means of supplying Hquide, so that the supply of Hquide can be carried out as desired with the help of one or the other, which makes it possible to choose a higher or lower speed.
• the liquid disperses throughout the space of the expansion chamber 2 around the wall 25, so that the subsequent routing of the fluid in the nozzle will be identical regardless of the channel used. For the remainder of the description, it matters little to know through which of the two conduits the liquid is introduced, this remark also applying to the case of a nozzle comprising only one Hquide supply conduit.
• the expansion chamber 2 has sudden variations in thickness along the longitudinal axis.
• 4 thicknesses are represented, ranging from a few tenths of a millimeter to a few millimeters, the largest being located in the central zone of the expansion chamber 2.
• Said chamber has the smallest thickness near the conduits junction 12, with a value of 0.5 mm.
• the central vein 101 supplied with compressed air by the supply duct 303, comprises the cylindrical duct 24 and the second venturi 7 comprising the convergent 10 followed by the cylindrical part 11 which opens into the atmosphere through the outlet orifice 4 .
• the joining means 5 relate the main vein 101 and the secondary vein 102 by a set of four junction conduits 12, connecting the expansion chamber 2 and the cylindrical part 11 of the second venturi 7.
• the junction conduits 12 are arranged radially with respect to the axis of the cylindrical part 11 according to a symmetry of order 4.
• the nozzle shown here is further equipped with an ultrasonic resonator 21 and a resonance chamber 22.
• the resonator 21 and the resonance chamber 22 are subject to the outlet orifice 4 in the axis of the main vein 101.
• the dimensions of the resonator and its relative position are determined so that the jet of mixed fluid ejected through the outlet orifice 4 is subjected to the ultrasonic field causing the fragmentation of the liquid particles into finer particles.
• a nozzle head of this type comprising a spray nozzle associated with an ultrasonic resonator, is marketed by a specialized company such as PNR (France).
• Example 2 The misting process in the atmosphere of a Hquide described below is carried out using the apparatus described in Example 1, comprising the nozzle as described in Example 2.
• the compressed air supply 301 comprises an air compressor capable of producing a pressure of 2.8 to 3.2 bars, which
• the pressurized gas flow brought by the cylindrical conduit 24 undergoes an acceleration in the second venturi 7, then an expansion at the outlet 4 towards the atmosphere, causing the suction through the junction conduits 12 of the fluid occupying the chamber. expansion 30. 2.
• the expansion chamber 2 is therefore under vacuum, a suction of liquid through the first venturi 6 occurs.
• the size of the cylindrical part 9 of the first venturi 6 is fixed at 0.4 mm.
• the flow rate of liquid sprayed under the conditions described is 18 ml / min.
• the nozzle is fed through the conduit 204.
• the liquid enters the expansion chamber 2 through the cylindrical part 9 'of the first venturi 6'.
• the caliber of the cylindrical part 9 'of the first venturi 6' is fixed at 0.9 mm.
• the flow of Liquid sprayed under the conditions described is 30 ml / min.
• control and regulation system 400 maintains the level of the liquid in the reservoir 201 within a predetermined interval.
• the axis of the nozzle has an inclination of 20 ° to 30 ° with a horizontal plane.

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