JP2003144962A - Method and apparatus for comminuting fluid cluster - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for comminuting a fluid cluster wherein a fluid, namely a liquid or a gas, is made finer on the cluster level. SOLUTION: The method and apparatus for comminuting a fluid cluster wherein or whereby at least one or more fluids are fed into a rotary vessel 1 having a rotary wall 1b made of a material, such as an unglazed pottery, having innumerable random continuous micropores through which its inside communicates with its outside, and rotating the vessel 1 at a high speed to centrifugally pass the fluid through the wall 1b and to centrifugally remove the fluid from the wall 1b.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a method for miniaturizing a fluid cluster. That is, the present invention relates to a technique for further miniaturizing clusters at the level of liquid or gas clusters.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The inventor of the present invention has proposed, in Japanese Patent Application No. 8-220618, a method of generating fine mist by supplying water to a rotating container whose side wall is made of net and rotating the container at high speed. . In addition, Japanese Patent Application No. 9-50916 proposes a method of vaporizing water to produce salt by spraying seawater instead of water. The purpose of making fine mist in this way is to increase the surface area with respect to the mass of water to promote evaporation of water, but if you change the viewpoint, it increases the mixing ratio of water and air. is there.

[0003]

When the mixing ratio of two or more fluids is increased, there are many cases where the subsequent treatments and reactions are performed more effectively. For example, if the mixing ratio of the fuel with oxygen or air is increased, the combustion is performed more effectively. Alternatively, when one substance is dissolved in another substance, it also effectively dissolves. Even when aging liquor such as awamori or wine, aging can be made more efficient and the aging speed can be increased.

Further, even when the seawater is made into a fine mist to vaporize the moisture, the vaporization of the moisture can be further promoted. In addition, the reaction proceeds more effectively even when the reaction between two or more substances is promoted.

A technical problem of the present invention is to pay attention to such a problem and to make liquid or gas, that is, a fluid, finer at a cluster level.

[0006]

The technical problem of the present invention is solved by the following means. According to a first aspect of the present invention, one or more kinds of fluids are supplied to a rotating container having a rotating wall whose inside and outside communicate with each other by innumerable microscopic holes that are chaotically continuous, such as unglazed pottery, to rotate at high speed, and to centrifuge. A method for microminiaturizing a fluid cluster, which comprises passing the rotary wall by force and shaking off the rotary wall by centrifugal force.

As described above, according to a method of supplying one or more kinds of fluids to a rotary container having a rotary wall consisting of innumerable continuous fine holes to rotate at high speed and passing the rotary wall by centrifugal force. Since the fluid is repeatedly divided by the micropores, one or more clusters of the fluid can be miniaturized or ultrafine. As a result, by applying this method, it can be applied to a wide range of fields such as increasing the fuel combustion efficiency, accelerating the ripening of liquid beverages, vaporizing and drying liquids.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, one or two or more kinds of fluids are supplied at high speed to a rotary container having a rotary wall whose inside and outside communicate with each other by innumerable microscopic holes that are randomly continuous, such as unglazed clay. This is a device for miniaturizing a fluid cluster, which has a rotating structure.

As described above, an apparatus having a structure in which one or more kinds of fluids are supplied to a rotating container having a rotating wall composed of innumerable continuous fine holes to rotate at a high speed, the liquid clusters are made into extremely fine particles. By mixing, increasing the combustion efficiency of the fuel as described above, accelerating the ripening of the liquid beverage, by adopting when vaporizing and drying the liquid,
It produces an effect that has never been seen before.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a fluid containing fuel and air or oxygen is supplied to a rotary container having a rotary wall in which the inside and outside communicate with each other by innumerable microscopic holes that are randomly continuous such as unglazed clay to rotate at high speed. The fuel supply device is characterized in that the fuel is passed through the rotary wall by centrifugal force and is shaken off from the rotary wall by centrifugal force and then supplied to the combustion unit.

As described above, a fluid containing fuel and air or oxygen is supplied to a rotary container having a rotary wall composed of innumerable continuous fine holes to rotate at a high speed, and the centrifugal force is passed through the rotary wall and the centrifugal force is applied. After shaking off from the rotating wall with
According to the device for supplying to the combustion unit, the fuel clusters are miniaturized, so that the mixing ratio with oxygen is further increased, and combustion close to complete combustion is realized.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a liquid requiring aging is supplied to a rotary container having a rotary wall whose inside and outside communicate with each other by innumerable fine holes that are randomly connected, such as unglazed food, and is spun at high speed to centrifuge. The processing apparatus has a structure in which the rotary wall is passed by force and is shaken off from the rotary wall by centrifugal force and then transferred to another container.

As described above, a liquid requiring aging, such as distilled liquor such as awamori or wine, is supplied to a rotary container having a rotary wall having innumerable continuous fine holes, and the liquid is rotated at a high speed. According to a device that allows the awamori and wine to be aged after being shaken off from the rotating wall by centrifugal force and then transferred to another container for storage and aging, The same effect as above can be obtained, and a high quality product can be realized in a shorter period of time.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Next, an embodiment will be described of how the method for miniaturizing a fluid cluster and the miniaturization apparatus according to the present invention are practically embodied. FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of an apparatus for ultra-fineizing a fluid cluster according to the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes a rotary container, which comprises a bottom wall 1a and a cylindrical side wall 1b.

At least the side wall 1b of this container is communicated with the inside and outside by a myriad of microscopic pores which are chaotically continuous like a unglazed product. The bottom wall 1a of the container 1 is connected to the rotary drive source M, and centrifugal force is generated by high-speed rotation. Therefore, the "side wall 1b" is hereinafter referred to as "rotating wall".

In the rotary container 1, if necessary,
Supply pipe 2 for supplying the processing liquid and air supply pipe 3 for supplying the gas
Has been inserted. Further, the rotary shaft 4 may be inserted as needed to drive the rotary blades 5 so that the stirring can be performed.

The rotary container 1 has a structure in which it is disposed inside a stationary container 6 depending on the application. That is, the container 6 is forcibly installed by the centrifugal force to receive the solution that has passed through the rotating side wall 1b of innumerable fine holes. Now, in this apparatus, for example, a certain liquid is supplied from the supply pipe 2 into the rotary container 1, and the rotary container 1 is rotated at high speed by the drive source M. Then, the liquid passes through the rotating side wall 1b of the rotating container due to the centrifugal force.

That is, since the inside and outside of the rotating side wall 1b communicate with each other through a myriad of fine holes that are chaotic and continuous like a unglazed product, the liquid I inside passes through the fine holes due to centrifugal force, and the rotating side wall 1b. Move to the outside of 1b. The behavior of the liquid cluster during this movement is schematically shown in FIG.

That is, since the passage of the liquid is made up of an innumerable array of minute pores which are continuous in a chaotic manner, the liquid is divided by the branch passage when advancing through the minute holes by centrifugal force, and is divided again when further advancing. The operation is repeated. As a result, when passing through the rotating side wall 1b, the cluster of the passing liquid is subdivided by repeated division. That is, the clusters emerge as a smaller liquid II.

More specifically, assuming that the rotating side wall 1b is stopped or is rotating at a low speed, the rotating side wall 1b is made up of innumerable continuous fine holes, so that the liquid flows out of the rotating side wall 1b. It comes out. Then, the fineness of the liquid that exudes, that is, the size of the cluster differs depending on the thickness of the rotating side wall 1b of the unglazed product. Since it is inefficient to wait for it to come out naturally, the efficiency is increased by rotating it with a rotary drive source M such as a motor and utilizing centrifugal force.

The liquid is physically divided or divided as it advances through the fine holes in the rotary side wall 1b. However, even if the same liquid comes across after the division, it takes a long time to return to the cluster state of the liquid I before passing through the rotary side wall 1b, and therefore the state after the division is maintained for a certain time. To be done.

Further, in order to continuously miniaturize the clusters of the passing liquid by the passage of the rotary side wall 1b, the passing liquid is efficiently eliminated from the rotary side wall 1b, and the subsequent fine atomizing liquid causes the rotary side wall 1b to pass through. It is necessary to facilitate passage.

Therefore, the liquid II, which has passed through the rotating side wall 1b by centrifugal force and has finely divided clusters, is shaken off from the outer surface of the rotating side wall 1b by the centrifugal force, hits the inner wall of the container 6, and flows down to flow into the container 6. Collect at the bottom. Alternatively, it flows down the outer surface of the rotating side wall 1b and flows down and collects.

The way in which the passing liquid II is shaken off by the centrifugal force from the outer surface of the rotating side wall 1b is as follows. Now, when the rotating side wall 1b having the radius r is rotating at the angular velocity ω, the force F acting on the substance of mass m outside the cylinder is
Is F = mrω. Expressing it as speed v, v ²

[Equation 1] Becomes

Since F = mα (α is acceleration)

[Equation 2]

[Equation 3]

Therefore, regardless of whether the mass m is large or small,

[Equation 4] Acceleration will work. Conversely, if F are the same,
The smaller the mass m, the larger the acceleration. After all, instead of shaking off by mass, it will shake off by acceleration α.

As described above, by rotating the rotating side wall 1b at a high speed, the liquid in which the clusters are atomized through the rotating side wall 1b is shaken off by the centrifugal force and effectively disappears from the rotating side wall 1b. The atomized liquid is smoothly supplied to the outer surface of the rotating side wall 1b.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the size of clusters of the liquid I inside the rotating side wall 1b and the liquid II outside thereof. Inside the rotary side wall 1b, the clusters of the substances A, B, C ... Are large, whereas the clusters of the substances a, b, c ... After passing through the rotary side wall 1b are small. , Each substance A, B, C ...
And they are more evenly mixed.

Liquid pushed out of the rotating side wall 1b
If the cluster of II is left as it is, it returns to the coarse liquid of the original cluster in the rotary container 1 with the passage of time. However, the rotary shaft 4 in the rotary container 1 of FIG.
While rotating and stirring the liquid I by the rotary blade 5,
When the rotary container 1 is rotated, the effect of homogenization is improved.

Further, when gas is blown into the liquid I from the air supply pipe 3, it is possible to manufacture a solution in which the gas is attached more finely. That is, since the gas also passes through the rotary side wall 1b together with the liquid, the gas is also attached to the passed liquid clusters, so that the liquid and the gas are more reliably mixed.

In FIG. 3, the liquid in a normal state is contained in the rotary container 1 surrounded by the infinite number of microporous rotary side walls 1b. Liquids composed of different substances such as A, B, C ... form each cluster and are uniformly mixed when viewed macroscopically.

However, in FIG. 1, the state where the rotary side wall 1b is rotated at a high speed and passes through the wall of innumerable continuous fine holes by the centrifugal force and comes out is as shown in FIG. 3 (II). That is, the clusters of a, b, c ... Are miniaturized and mixed. This state may return to the state of FIG. 3 (I) with the passage of time. However, before returning, the effects of miniaturization and uniform mixing work to effectively make useful changes.

After all, the random and innumerable fine pores on the rotary side wall 1b are the key to the miniaturization of the cluster in the present invention. The formation of the continuous fine pores is caused by burning fine clay combustibles such as Meriken powder evenly when clay is fired with clay, and the Meriken powder is burned out, resulting in continuous fine pores. Will be opened.

Therefore, various fine pores can be formed depending on the material such as clay or fine combustible material, the mixing amount and the firing conditions. Moreover, it is also possible to form ultrafine pores. Of course, it is also possible to form ultra-fine pores that are smaller than liquid clusters. The rotating side wall 1b formed of continuous fine holes can be realized by a unglazed product, a product obtained by weaving chemical fibers, a non-woven fabric, ceramics, or the like.

Next, if the rotating side wall 1b is as thin as a film, it is highly likely that the separated liquid will bond again after passing through the film so that the zipper will close. However, if the film is made thicker and the three-dimensional division is repeated, there is a high possibility that the position shifts, and it means that they are simply in contact in the divided state.

The thickening of the wall means that the three dimensions can be changed at the same time, so that each of the walls passes through after being finely divided. Whether the liquid in the container is one type or multiple types, the clusters will be finely divided.

The fact that the liquid cluster becomes fine means that other types of clusters easily enter the liquid. That is, various kinds of substances are mixed uniformly.

As a result, for example, it can be utilized in various departments where the reaction is slow due to the uneven mixing. For example, shochu such as wine or awamori. When the wine is put to sleep or the shochu is made into old sake, it is considered that the wine is stored inside the rotating side wall 1b in FIG. Therefore, the compounding efficiency of each substance A, B, C ...
It is considered that the mixture will not be mixed uniformly if it is not laid for 0 years.
However, it is considered that aging in a state outside the rotating side wall 1b will cause aging in a short period of time.

Therefore, in order to produce a mellowness, the wine before storage is put into the rotary container 1 shown in the figure. Wine is a mixture of alcohol, water, microorganisms and other chemicals. It's a uniform solution from a macro perspective, but from a micro perspective, it's a collection of individual substances,
Not uniform. By the centrifugal force, it passes through the porosity of the rotating side wall 1b and is divided, and when it is accumulated in the container 6, it becomes a more uniform and small cluster. As a result, chemical and microbial changes are promoted, making the wine truly drinkable. The same applies to shochu such as Awamori.

Next, it is reconsidered whether there is a contradiction or an error in the technique for making the fluid cluster extremely fine according to the present invention. When the liquid is physically divided into two, the liquid bond is, of course, broken and divided into two. However, when it is put in the same container, the connection is restored again, and it seems that it is the same as before it was divided into two parts. Macroscopically, the change is ignored, and it is currently understood that the liquid divided into two has returned to its original state when it entered the same container.
However, from a micro perspective, this is not the case.

Therefore, when the container is returned to the same container after being further divided into 100, 1000, 10000, etc., instead of being divided into two, the 10000 is not immediately returned to the original state. Very Hard to think. It takes some time for the divided pieces to return to their original state.

To subdivide in this way, the rotating side wall 1b
The number of rotations of is also related. That is, the faster the rotation of the rotating side wall 1b, the finer it is shaken off, and the finer the cluster is, and the larger the production amount per unit time is. That is, the cluster after being shaken off becomes smaller in proportion to the rotation speed.

The size of the cluster differs depending on the size of the fine holes, and the smaller the number of holes, the smaller the cluster. Further, as shown in FIG.
When a gas or liquid is supplied while driving and stirring, a more homogeneous mixed liquid can be obtained more efficiently.

When many kinds of solutions and gases are put in the same container, they are not immediately and uniformly mixed. When stirred with a stick or something, it looks as if they were uniformly mixed from a macro perspective. However, from a microscopic point of view, each type of particle is a large catalyzer, and it cannot be said that they are uniformly mixed.

Each kind of substance is used for the rotating side wall 1b of the fine holes.
By passing through, the catamali will be subdivided and then aggregate again. After all, it should be a more uniform solution. Therefore, the outer container 6 of FIG.
If the liquid II therein is again moved to the inside of the rotating side wall 1b and circulated, the homogeneity is gradually increased and the cluster becomes a smaller solution.

Further, when a gas is fed into the solution contained in the rotary side wall 1b of the fine hole, the gas simultaneously enters the fine hole together with the liquid and is combined with the liquid and discharged.

Now, hydrogen bonds between water molecules are cut to make the cluster finer. Water clusters are aggregates formed by the binding of multiple molecules. The larger the cluster, the less room for other substances to enter. Therefore, if the cluster is physically made finer, the degree of penetration of other substances becomes higher.

Therefore, in the present invention, reducing the size of the liquid cluster also means facilitating uniform mixing of a plurality of types of substances.

This technique is also suitable for efficiently mixing oxygen with fuel for combustion. For example, when injecting fuel into a diesel engine, the oxygen O
₂ is offset, and it is considered that the fuel as a whole is difficult to burn. Even if O ₂ in the air is used, the surface area of the fuel is too small. On the other hand, like (II),
It is considered that if the O ₂ and the fuel are atomized in advance and then mixed and injected, the oxidation efficiency thereof is improved. In other words, a completely burning engine is possible.

As can be seen from FIG. 1, the mixed liquid in the rotary container 1 of the unglazed product is a mixture of the mixed substances A, B, C ... It is hard to say that this is uniform when viewed microscopically. By passing this through the fine holes of the rotary side wall 1b, the clusters of A, B, C ... Are miniaturized into a, b, c ... And are mixed in a more uniform state.

In this way, the heavy oil is put in the rotary container 1,
Further, when the mixture is mixed with oxygen and rotated at high speed, various components in the heavy oil are accumulated in the container 6 as ultrafine clusters. The solution in which various components are mixed in a large container in the rotating container 1 passes through a large number of extremely fine holes by centrifugal force, so that the clusters are fine in the container 6.

The reduced cluster does not return to the original state even if it comes into contact again, and it takes a considerably long time to return to the original state. It is impossible to immediately return to the original state in the rotary container 1 in the container 6. Therefore, if the fuel in the container 6 is supplied to the combustion section of the internal combustion engine,
An engine with good combustion efficiency is realized. Needless to say, this idea can be applied not only to the case of burning the internal combustion engine but also to the case of burning the fuel in the atmosphere.

In the present invention as described above, the liquid clusters are made finer and the ability to dissolve the substance is improved. Therefore, as described above, the alcohol content may be increased in the fermentation stage of wine or shochu or in the storage ripening stage. Mixing water, water and fermenting bacteria
It is suitable for changing from the state to the state of II and speeding up the ripening degree. Therefore, the “liquid” that is placed in the rotary container 1 and processed includes a liquid in which microorganisms such as fermenting bacteria are mixed.

Also, as in the case of diesel, gasoline and oxygen are simultaneously made into fine clusters, and each fine gasoline cluster is carried along with oxygen to the combustion chamber of the engine to improve combustion efficiency and realize complete combustion. .

If seawater is put into the rotating side wall 1b and is rotated at a high speed to make the seawater into fine particles by centrifugal force,
Vaporization efficiency is further increased, and salt can be produced efficiently.

In the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, the upper part of the rotary container 1 is preferably closed with a lid in the case of a highly volatile processing liquid.
In other cases, it may be closed with a lid or may be in an open state as shown in the drawing, but if there is a risk of overflow due to centrifugal force, it is preferable to provide the lid 1c only on the outer peripheral side. The upper part of the outer container 6 also has a processing liquid supply pipe 2, an air supply pipe 3, and a rotary shaft 4.
It is preferable to provide the lid 6c except for the insertion position.

When closing the upper portions of the rotary container 1 and the outer container 6 as in the case of treating a highly volatile liquid, the supply pipe 2, the air supply pipe 3, and the rotary shaft 4 are raised and retracted. In this case, the rotation of the rotary container 1 will not be hindered.

As described above, the present invention is suitable for increasing the chemical reaction rate of various liquids, the reaction rate of microorganisms, the reaction rate with gas, and the like. Further, it is also effective to make the degree of mixing of various liquids uniform or, when various kinds of liquids are mixed, reduce the size of particles of the various liquids as much as possible to obtain a uniform mixed state. .

[0059]

As described in claim 1, one or more kinds of fluids are supplied to a rotary container having a rotary wall composed of innumerable continuous fine holes to rotate at a high speed, and the rotary wall is rotated by centrifugal force. According to the method of passing the fluid, the fluid is repeatedly divided by the fine pores, so that clusters of one or more fluids can be miniaturized or ultrafine. As a result, by applying this method, it can be applied to a wide range of fields such as increasing the fuel combustion efficiency, accelerating the ripening of liquid beverages, vaporizing and drying liquids.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an apparatus having a structure in which a high speed rotation is performed in a state in which one or more kinds of fluids are supplied to a rotary container having a rotary wall composed of innumerable continuous fine holes, and a cluster of liquid is very polar. By atomizing and mixing, the above-described effects can be obtained by increasing the combustion efficiency of the fuel, accelerating the ripening of the liquid beverage, vaporizing and drying the liquid.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a fluid containing fuel and air or oxygen is supplied to a rotary container having a rotary wall composed of innumerable continuous fine holes to rotate at a high speed, and the centrifugal force is passed through the rotary wall. According to the device for supplying to the combustion part after being shaken off from the rotating wall by centrifugal force, the fuel cluster is made finer, so that the mixing ratio with oxygen is further increased,
Combustion close to complete combustion is realized.

As described in claim 4, a liquid requiring aging such as distilled liquor such as awamori or wine is supplied to a rotary container having a rotary wall composed of innumerable continuous fine holes, and the liquid is rotated at a high speed by centrifugal force. According to a device that passes through the rotating wall and is shaken off from the rotating wall by centrifugal force, then transferred to another container and stored and aged, the clusters of awamori, wine, etc. are made fine or extremely fine. By this, the same effect as aging can be obtained, and a high quality product can be realized in a shorter period of time.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing an embodiment of a device for ultra-fineization of a fluid cluster according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a behavior of a liquid passing through a rotating side wall.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the size of clusters of the liquid inside the rotating side wall and the liquid outside.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 rotating container 1a Bottom wall of rotating container 1b Rotating side wall I Liquid before treatment II Liquid after treatment M ・ m rotation drive source 2 Supply pipe for liquid to be treated 3 Air pipe 4 rotation axes 5 stirring blades 6 containers

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. One or more kinds of fluids are supplied to a rotating container having a rotating wall whose inside and outside communicate with each other by innumerable microscopic holes that are randomly continuous, such as unglazed food, and the mixture is spun at high speed and centrifuged. A method of miniaturizing a fluid cluster, which comprises passing the rotary wall by force and shaking off the rotary wall by centrifugal force. 2. A structure that rotates at a high speed in the state where one or more kinds of fluids are supplied to a rotating container having a rotating wall whose inside and outside communicate with each other by innumerable microscopic holes that are randomly continuous, such as unglazed clay. A fluid cluster miniaturization device characterized by: 3. A fluid containing fuel and air or oxygen is supplied to a rotating container having a rotating wall, the inside and outside of which are communicated with each other by innumerable fine holes that are randomly connected, such as unglazed clay, and the mixture is rotated at high speed and centrifuged. A fuel supply device having a structure in which a force is passed through the rotary wall and a centrifugal force shakes off the rotary wall and then is supplied to a combustion unit. 4. A rotating container having a rotating wall, such as a unglazed dish, which has an infinitely large number of finely continuous pores communicating inside and outside, is supplied with a liquid requiring aging and is rotated at a high speed. A processing apparatus having a structure in which it is passed through a rotating wall, shaken off from the rotating wall by centrifugal force, and then transferred to another container.