GB1593262A - Pressure reducing devices - Google Patents
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- GB1593262A GB1593262A GB39039/76A GB3903976A GB1593262A GB 1593262 A GB1593262 A GB 1593262A GB 39039/76 A GB39039/76 A GB 39039/76A GB 3903976 A GB3903976 A GB 3903976A GB 1593262 A GB1593262 A GB 1593262A
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
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Description
(54) IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO PRESSURE REDUCING DEVICES
(71) We, BABCOCK WATER
TREATMENT LIMITED, a British Company, of "Unifilter House", 25 Raleigh Gardens, London Road, Mitcham, CR4 3UP,
Surrey, England, do hereby declare the invention, for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us, and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to pressure reducing devices and, more particularly, to pressure reducing devices arranged to achieve a sudden pressure reduction in a flow of water or other liquid saturated or substantially saturated with dissolved air or other gas from a pressure of approximately 3.5 atmospheres to atmospheric pressure, in order to urge the dissolved air or other gas out of solution and promote the continuous formation of a cloud of micro bubbles in the flow of water.
According to the present invention there is provided a pressure reducing device arranged to achieve a sudden pressure reduction in a flow of liquid saturated, or substantially saturated, with dissolved gas including a bush adapted to be positioned on the wall of a pressure tube conveying the liquid and dissolved gas, a hollow spigot positioned to extend through the bush into the interior of the pressure tube, substantially perpendicular to the pressure tube longitudinal axis, with a mouth portion within the bush and a closed end remote therefrom and formed with inlet orifices for the flow of the liquid and dissolved gas from the pressure tube inwardly into the hollow spigot having axes in a plane or planes substantially perpendicular to the hollow spigot longitudinal axis and a discharge cap mounted on the bush and positioned to be external of the pressure tube.
The invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawing showing a crosssectional elevation of a pressure reducing device mounted on a pressure tube 2 for immersion in a body of water to be aerated.
The pressure tube 2 is formed of plastics material and an inwardly flanged, internally threaded, plastics bush 4 is inserted, and secured by means of an adhesive weld 6, into a corresponding aperture 8 in the cylindrical wall of the pressure tube. A hollow spigot 10 which may be of brass, stainless steel or other material having resistance to corrosion by water, if formed with a lip 12 at the mouth thereof which fits within the bush to bear against an O-ring seal 14 seated on the inwardly directed flange 16. A discharge cap 18 which serves to distribute the water flow is formed with a threaded boss 20 mating with the bush 4 such that the boss, when threaded into the bush, serves to urge the lip 12 of the hollow spigot 10 into engagement with the O-ring seal 14 which in turn bears against the inwardly directed flange 16 on the bush. The boss 20 is formed with an outwardly directed flange 22 which is swaged over a rim 24 provided on a slotted, hemi-spherical, dome 26.
The hollow spigot 10 is, in the portion projecting from the bush into the pressure tube, formed with two, diametrically opposed, co-axial, orifices 28 approximately 1.75 mmto 2.5 mm in diameter.
In operation, a flow of water substantially saturated with air at a pressure of approximately 3.5 atmospheres is supplied to the pressure tube 2 to produce a flow through the hollow spigot 10. The respective streams of saturated water emerging from the diametrically opposed orifices 28 impinge to produce a vortex region in which, by virtue of the shearing effect and the sudden pressure drop arising from the throttling effect of the orifices and the vortex, the saturated air comes out of solution as minute, or micro, bubbles. The stream of water and bubbles then flows through the boss 20 of the discharge cap 18 to the slotted dome 26 and diffuses into the body of water.
In alternative embodiments (not shown), the formation of minute, or micro, bubbles is enhanced by the provision of a further pressure reducing device, such as a ball or a freely spinning insert restrained by a spring within a bore divergent toward the mouth of the hollow spigot, the end portion of the spring remote from the ball or insert being held between the boss and the lip of the hollow spigot, or an orifice plate held in abutment with the lip of the hollow spigot, or an orifice plate held in abutment with the lip on the mouth of the hollow spigot. The restrictive effect of the ball is varied by arranging that the retaining spring is appreciably compressible dependent upon the pressure differential across the ball thereby, by virtue of the tapering bore of the spigot, varying the area of the annulus between the ball and the wall of the hollow spigot.
Other configurations of the inlet orifices may be utilised, such as offset opposition or an abreast arrangement. Furthermore, in addition to positioning the two axes of the orifices in a single plane, the orifices may be positioned such that the axes lie on spaced planes substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hollow spigot. Alternatively, the orifices may be positioned such that the axes intersect or are skew.
WHAT WE CLAIM IS:
1. A pressure reducing device arranged to achieve a sudden pressure reduction in a flow of liquid saturated, or substantially saturated, with dissolved gas including a bush adapted to be positioned on the wall of a pressure tube conveying the liquid and dissolved gas, a hollow spigot positioned to extend through the bush into the interior of the pressure tube, substantially perpendicular to the pressure tube longitudinal axis, with a mouth portion within the bush and a closed end remote therefrom and formed with inlet orifices for the flow of the liquid and dissolved gas from the pressure tube inwardly into the hollow spigot having axes in a plane or planes substantially perpendicular to the hollow spigot longitudinal axis and a discharge cap mounted on the bush and positioned to be external of the pressure tube.
2. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 1, wherein two, diametrically opposed, inlet orifices are provided in the hollow spigot.
3. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 2, wherein the axes of the inlet orifices lie in the same diametrical plane.
4. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 3, wherein the inlet orifices are
co-axial.
5. A pressure reducing device as claimed
in any preceding claim, wherein the mouth of
the hollow spigot is formed with an outwardly extending lip co-acting with an inwardly directed flange formed on the bush.
6. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 5, wherein the discharge cap is formed with a boss arranged to be threaded into the bush to urge the lip on the hollow spigot toward the outwardly directed flange on the bush.
7. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 6, wherein a deformable toroidal washer is interposed between the lip on the hollow spigot and the inwardly directed flange on the bush.
8. A pressure reducing device arranged to achieve a sudden pressure reduction in a flow of liquid saturated, or substantially saturated, with dissolved gas formed and adapted to operate substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
**WARNING** end of DESC field may overlap start of CLMS **.
Claims (8)
1. A pressure reducing device arranged to achieve a sudden pressure reduction in a flow of liquid saturated, or substantially saturated, with dissolved gas including a bush adapted to be positioned on the wall of a pressure tube conveying the liquid and dissolved gas, a hollow spigot positioned to extend through the bush into the interior of the pressure tube, substantially perpendicular to the pressure tube longitudinal axis, with a mouth portion within the bush and a closed end remote therefrom and formed with inlet orifices for the flow of the liquid and dissolved gas from the pressure tube inwardly into the hollow spigot having axes in a plane or planes substantially perpendicular to the hollow spigot longitudinal axis and a discharge cap mounted on the bush and positioned to be external of the pressure tube.
2. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 1, wherein two, diametrically opposed, inlet orifices are provided in the hollow spigot.
3. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 2, wherein the axes of the inlet orifices lie in the same diametrical plane.
4. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 3, wherein the inlet orifices are
co-axial.
5. A pressure reducing device as claimed
in any preceding claim, wherein the mouth of
the hollow spigot is formed with an outwardly extending lip co-acting with an inwardly directed flange formed on the bush.
6. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 5, wherein the discharge cap is formed with a boss arranged to be threaded into the bush to urge the lip on the hollow spigot toward the outwardly directed flange on the bush.
7. A pressure reducing device as claimed in Claim 6, wherein a deformable toroidal washer is interposed between the lip on the hollow spigot and the inwardly directed flange on the bush.
8. A pressure reducing device arranged to achieve a sudden pressure reduction in a flow of liquid saturated, or substantially saturated, with dissolved gas formed and adapted to operate substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
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| GB39039/76A GB1593262A (en) | 1977-09-21 | 1977-09-21 | Pressure reducing devices |
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| GB39039/76A GB1593262A (en) | 1977-09-21 | 1977-09-21 | Pressure reducing devices |
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| GB39039/76A Expired GB1593262A (en) | 1977-09-21 | 1977-09-21 | Pressure reducing devices |
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP0259938A1 (en) * | 1986-09-11 | 1988-03-16 | Nijhuis Water B.V. | Throttling device, method for using the throttling device and also device for using the method |
| EP0332157A1 (en) * | 1988-03-08 | 1989-09-13 | Walter Roediger | Arrangement for joining a distribution device to a fluid supply conduit |
| EP0546335A1 (en) * | 1991-12-09 | 1993-06-16 | Karl-Heinz SCHÜSSLER | Device for introducing gas in fluids |
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1977
- 1977-09-21 GB GB39039/76A patent/GB1593262A/en not_active Expired
Cited By (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EP0259938A1 (en) * | 1986-09-11 | 1988-03-16 | Nijhuis Water B.V. | Throttling device, method for using the throttling device and also device for using the method |
| US4961857A (en) * | 1986-09-11 | 1990-10-09 | Nijhuis Water B. V. | Throttling device and method for feeding gas dissolved in liquid under high pressure into liquid under low pressure |
| EP0332157A1 (en) * | 1988-03-08 | 1989-09-13 | Walter Roediger | Arrangement for joining a distribution device to a fluid supply conduit |
| EP0546335A1 (en) * | 1991-12-09 | 1993-06-16 | Karl-Heinz SCHÜSSLER | Device for introducing gas in fluids |
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| Date | Code | Title | Description |
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| PS | Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949] | ||
| PE20 | Patent expired after termination of 20 years |
Effective date: 19970920 |