WO1983002733A1 - Dispositif de melange - Google Patents

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WO1983002733A1
WO1983002733A1 PCT/GB1983/000029 GB8300029W WO8302733A1 WO 1983002733 A1 WO1983002733 A1 WO 1983002733A1 GB 8300029 W GB8300029 W GB 8300029W WO 8302733 A1 WO8302733 A1 WO 8302733A1
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Consultants Dynatrol (Uk) Limited
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Thompson, Raymond, Victor
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F23—COMBUSTION APPARATUS; COMBUSTION PROCESSES
    • F23K—FEEDING FUEL TO COMBUSTION APPARATUS
    • F23K5/00—Feeding or distributing other fuel to combustion apparatus
    • F23K5/02—Liquid fuel
    • F23K5/08—Preparation of fuel
    • F23K5/10—Mixing with other fluids
    • F23K5/12—Preparing emulsions
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00—Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/60—Pump mixers, i.e. mixing within a pump
    • B01F25/64—Pump mixers, i.e. mixing within a pump of the centrifugal-pump type, i.e. turbo-mixers

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  • the present invention is .concerned with apparatus for mixing two liquids particularly immiscible liquids and especially for introducing water into fuel supplies, especially hydrophobic fuels, in such a manner as to improve the combustion characteristics of the fuel mixture.
  • apparatus for ease of reference, will be referred to as an emulsifier.
  • the emulsifier has been developed with the particular problems of industrial oil-fired boilers in mind, but is also applicable to the supply of fuel to diesel engines, to gas turbines and to fuel injection, or carburettor petrol engines. Our earlier British Patent No.
  • 1572698 discloses an emulsifier by which,by mechanical means alone, without the need for surfactants, emulsions of water and oil can be produced. Investigations since the filing of that application, have revealed that it produces micron size water droplets each, carrying a coating of the oil with which the water has been mixed.
  • the present invention is concerned with an improvement over the emulsifier shown in our earlier Patent No. 1572698.
  • apparatus for mixing fluids comprises a housing affording a substantially annular mixing chamber, an annular rotor mounted for rotation in the mixing chamber, outwardly extending individual passages being located in the rotor, the inlets to the passages in the rotor being, disposed at or adjacent its axis of rotation, the passages in the rotor extending rearwardly from the said inlets to the periphery of the rotor and emerging therethrough.
  • the invention may include any one or more of the following features in any combination.
  • the median line for each passage may make a rearward angle with the radius of the rotor at the passage inlet, which is. in the range up to 35o e.g. 1o to 30° or 5 to 30° or 20 to 25°.
  • An inlet chamber disposed at or adjacent the axis of rotation of the rotor may communicate with the inlets in the rotor.
  • the inlet chamber may be provided with inlet means for the fluids to be mixed.
  • the mixing chamber may have a circular outer wall extending preferably around a major proportion of its circumference preferably with a clearance between the said circular wall and the periphery of the rotor, the circular outer wall extending outwardly preferably into a spiral shape rsovas. to define a preferably generally crescent shaped outlet region between the preferably spiral shaped wall of the mixing chamber and the periphery of the rotor, the outlet region communicating with an outlet passage.
  • the individual passages extending out through the peripheral. surface of the rotor may be spaced from each other by solid regions of the peripheral surface, the ratio of the radial distance from the inlet to each passage to the outer surface of the rotor to the radius of the rotor preferably being in the range of 0.4:1 to 0.9:1.
  • the ratio of the radius of the rotor to the clearance between the periphery of the rotor and the circular portion pf the outer wall of the mixing chamber is preferably at least 200:1.
  • the radial passages preferably have at least one constriction intermediate their ends. In one preferred form of the invention, 4 to 20 radial passages are provided. In one form of the invention each radial passage preferably has a convergent entry portion leading to the constriction and a divergent outlet portion.
  • the passages may each comprise a V-shaped convergent, inlet portion, and. a V-shaped divergent outlet portion defining a constriction between them, the constriction optionally being a parallel sided throat portion interconnecting the V-shaped inlet end. and the V-shaped outlet end of each passage.
  • the V-shaped inlet end preferably forms an included angle of 40 to 80 and the V-shaped outlet end preferably forms an included angle of 10 to 40°.
  • the radial length of each, passage is preferably 0.6 times the radius of the rotor.
  • the passages may be open at one face of the rotor which is closely spaced from a wall of the missing chamber, or the passages may be closed along their length.
  • the rotor may be generally conical to enable the area of the inlet to a passage, to be about equal to the area of the outlet.
  • the invention also extends to the rotor per se.
  • Figure 1 is a flow diagram of a fuel supply system appropriate for use with a high spill return fuel injection engine
  • Figure 2 is a longitudinal cross-section of a preferred embodiment of an emulsifier in accordance with the present invention
  • Figure 3 is a cross-section; on the line III-III of Figure 2, on a reduced scale, showing the mixing chamber and, diagrammatically, the outline of the rotor Figures 4 and 6 are cross-sections on the line IV-IV of Figure 5, on an enlarged scale showing in detail the shape of the passages in two forms of the rotor; and Figure 5 is a cross-section of Figures 4 and 6 on the line V-V.
  • reference 100 denotes the fuel injection system of the engine, 101 being the inlet line thereto and 102 being the outlet therefrom to the high spill return line 103.
  • the inlet 101 to the injector 100 is fed by a line 104 and main fuel pump 105.
  • the main fuel pump 105 draws in the fuel and water emulsion via a line 107 from an emulsifier 106 of appropriate type such as that described below with reference to Figures 2 to 5.
  • the emulsifier is fed with fuel from a fuel tank 110 having a filter 111 in its outlet by a lift pump 112 via a further filter 113 and a line 114.
  • the emulsifier is fed with water from a water supply 120 via a filter 121 and a line 122.
  • the water supply may be a header tank, an accumulator driven by the engine e.g. by its water pump, or may be a constant displacement pump.
  • the spill return line passes through a cooler 130 e.g. provided with forced cooling by a cooling water inlet 131 and outlet 132.
  • the cooled spill return then passes via a line 133 to the smoothing means which are shown as a tank 140 having a vent 141 to atmosphere.
  • the smoothed spill return then passes by the line 142 the emulsifier 106.
  • the emulsifier shown in Figures 2 to 5 consists of an inlet chamber housing 10 and a seal housing 11 appropriately secured together in leak-proof fashion.
  • the housings 10 and 11 between them provide a mixing chamber 15 and a seal chamber 35.
  • Located in the mixing chamber 15 for free rotation therein is a rotor 20 having radial passages 19, the rotor being supported on a drive shaft 21 which extends out through a mechanica seal 23 and the seal housing 11 to an external drive motor 24.
  • the seal 23 is located within the seal chamber 35 formed between the seal housing 11 and inlet chamber housing 10.
  • the seal chamber 35 is separated from the mixing chamber 15 by the rotor 20 except for a small clearance, C, between the outer edge of the rotor and the inner peripheral wall 37 of the mixing chamber 15. Liquids may be prevented from passing directly through into the chamber 35 by the .provision of a recirculation flow of the emulsion which is intro quizd. through an orifice (not shown) into the seal housing 11 and which provides a cooling effect for the seal and then recombines with the emulsion in the chamber 15.
  • the housing 10 provides an inlet chamber 50 which, is fed by three inlet passages, a water inlet passage 51, a fuel inlet passage 52 and a spill. return passage (not shown).
  • Each supply line 114, 122, and 142 to these, passages is prefer ably provided with an on-off valve (not shown) adjacent the emulsifier.
  • the inlet chamber comprises the rounded sided disc shaped chamber 53. at the confluence of the passages 51 and 52, plus a cylindrical chamber 49 located between the central end face 54 of the rotor 20, a wall 55 into which the inner ends of the passages 19 open and a face 56 of the chamber 53.
  • the mixing chamber 15 is defined as being bounded by a front wall 60, an inner wall 61 extending from the inside edge of the front wall parallel to the longitudinal axis of the device, an inclined wall 62 joining the inner wall 61 to an outer side wall, of which part, 37, is cylindrical and part,
  • the mixing chamber communicates with an outlet passage 65 disposed tangentially to the rotor (see also Figure 3) and transverse to its axis.
  • the circular wall extends around the chamber for 240o and the spiral wall 66 extends outwardly from the point 70 to the outer edge of the outlet passage 65.
  • the mixing chamber includes this part crescent shaped region extending from point 70 to the line 72 across the opening 65. The mixing chamber is largely occupie by the rotor 20.
  • the clearance, C, between the wall 37 and the outer space of the rotor is preferably at least 0.001" e.g. 0.001" to 0.070", e.g. 0.020 to 0.060 and especially 0.045 to 0.055 inches (1.1 to 1.4 mms).
  • the generally crescent shaped region may have a flat outer wall 66 as shown in Figure 3.
  • one convenient way of making this part of the housing is to mill out- the cylindrical mixing chamber and drill the circular outlet opening 65 tangentially to the circula chamber down to the point 78.
  • the wall 66 need not be flat.
  • the maximum clearance, C2, between the wall 66 and the periphery of the rotor at the point 78 is many times that of the clearance C between the wall 37 and the rotor and the ratio C2/C is preferably at least 10:1 and more desirably at least 50:1 or 100:1 and particularly in the range 50:1 to 200:1 or 500:1.
  • the rotor has a base 80 secured to or formed on a rotor shaft 81 sleeved at 82 to suit the drive shaft of the motor 24, and having a clearance hole 83 for the end fixing of the drive shaft which may be a bolt 85 and washer 86 (see Figure 2).
  • the rotor also has a generally coni ⁇ ally shaped top portion 87 in whic eight outwardly extending passages 19 are formed e.g. by milling or casting.
  • the top 87 is secured to the base 80 by four equispaced screws 88 (see Figure 5) passing through holes in the base 88 into tappings in the top 87.
  • the base 80 and the portions 77 are integrally formed and the porti indicated by 87 and cross hatched in Figure 4 is screwe to the base by the screws 88.
  • the periphery of the rot once the top and base have been secured is given deep knurling 90 as illustrated diagrammatically in Figure 5 for one vane 77.
  • the knurling is preferably a crisscross pattern of two arrays of parallel grooves incline at 45 to each other each groove having a maximum depth of 0.010 inches (0.25 mms) and a maximum width of 0.015 inches (0.38 mms) and adjacent parallel grooves being at least 0.020 inches (0.51 mms) apart. More broadly the depths of the grooves can vary from 0.01 preferably 0.1 to 0.25 mm, and the widths of the grooves from 0.02 to 0.4 mms e.g. 0.2 to 0.35 mms and the separation of adjacent parallel grooves can vary from 0.5 to 2 mms, e.g. 0.5 to 1 mm.
  • the rotor has a diameter 3 Dl, where the diameter o the circle 150 (which defines the wall 55 on which the inlets to the passages 19 lie) is Dl.
  • the V-shaped inlet region 172 has a radial length (IRL) of about 0.09 Dl, the outlet region has a radial length (ORL) of about 0.9 Dl, whilst its length (OML) along the median line 152 of the passage (see Figure 5) is about 1.05 Dl.
  • the median line 152 of the passage is constructed by joining the mid points of the chords 153 and 154 drawn across the inlet (which is on the circle 150 which defines the inlet wall 55) and the outlet to the passage respectively.
  • the angle (AM) between the median line and the radius through the point A, the mid point of the chord 153, is preferably from 15°-20° to 25°-30o especially about 22.5°.
  • the rotor also h.as an inlet collar 155 at its input end, the radial extent of which is about 3 Dl/20.
  • the ducts or passages 19 are inclined backwardly in the sense of the direction of rotation of the rotor (arrow 157 in Figure 5).
  • the passages are thus asymmetrical, and produce a very slight pumping action in addition to their cavitation function.A slight pressure head will, thus be developed between the inlet and outlet of the device in use.
  • the ducts 19 are also converged in the direction of the rotational axis of the rotor on passing from the inlet wall 55 to the outlet wall 36.
  • the angle AA of this convergence is about 15o; more broadly it may be in the range 10o to 20o.
  • the rotor is arranged so that the ratio of IAL to OAL lies in the range 0.2:1 to 0.8:1 e.g. 0.3:1 to 0.7:1 especially 0.4:1 to 0.6:1.
  • the ratio of the length of the passages 19 as measured along the median line 152 to the diameter of the rotor is preferably in the range 0.6:1 to 1.35:1 e.g. 0.75:1 to 1.2:1 or especially 0.96:1 to 1.11:1.
  • the axial convergence is designed to ensure that the flow area at the inlet to each passage 19 is closely the same and preferably virtually the same as the flow area at the outlet to each passage at the circumference to the rotor.
  • the ratio of inlet flow area IFA to the outlet flow area.OFA is desirably in the range
  • the rotor 20 in this embodiment has eight outwardly extending passages 19 equally spaced apart through.45 and extending from the inlet wall 55 (defined by the circle 150) to the outer periphery 36 of the rotor 20.
  • each passage is a V-shaped slot 172 including an angle, AI, of 65° and the outlet end is a V-shaped slot 73 including an angle, AO, of about 25o.
  • the two V-shaped slots interact to form a constriction which is located on the circle.156.
  • the rotor In operation the rotor is rotated in the direction shown by the arrow 157 in Figure 5 i.e. with the passages facing out backwards with regard to the direction of rotation.
  • the liquids to be mixed are .drawn from the inlet chamber, by the centrifugal force on the liquid in the passages 19 and thrown out radially through the passages 19 and caused to hit the wall 37.
  • the outer wall 36 of the rotor is broken up into eight solid portions 77, each of about the same circumferentia length as the outlets 73, and the solid portions 77 may be considered to act as vanes, and as mentioned above they preferably have knurled surfaces 90.
  • the constriction 71 has the function of impeding the flow of fluid along the passage 19 and thus increasing its velocity outwardly and the diverging outlet slot 73 then causes a pressure drop in the fluid resulting in vapourisation of the fuel in the mixture.
  • the rotor shown is very suitable for fuels having viscosities from 35 Redwood seconds up to 3000 Redwood seconds with rotor speeds of 2800 to 7000 r.p.m.
  • the rotor is thought to work by vaporisation of the fuel as it goes through the throat of the passages 19 producing cavitation in the fuel/water mixture, the water droplets are thought to be sheared by the wall 37 and the vanes 77, and the fuel is thought to condense on the surface of the. water droplets in the turbulent flow region 78 producing droplets having micron particle size and thus promoting smooth and more complete combustion.
  • the rotor has a base 80 similar to that of Figure 4.
  • the rotor has a generally coni ⁇ ally shaped top edge 160, eight , open-topped outwardly-extending passages 19 being formed in the base 80 and opening out along the edge 160.
  • the top wall 160 is juxtaposed to the inclined wall 62 of the housing 10 so as to be substantially parallel thereto and the clearance between 160 and.62 is substantially smaller than that between 36 and 37 ( Figure 3) for example preferably being less than 0.020 inches (0.50 mms) and especially less, than 0.015 inches (0.38 mms) e.g. in the range 0.005.
  • constriction 71 is not present, the inclined passages 19 having the same width in the plane of Figure 5 along their whole length, but apart from that being as described for Figures 4 and 5.
  • the axial convergence shown in Figure 4 is eliminated or is also eliminated so that the passages 19 are either of the same axial length along their whole radial length but have the constriction 71 and are inclined backwards or the passages 19 are of the same axial length (see Figure 4) and are of the same width: in the plane of Figure 5 along their whole length but are inclined backwards as shown and described for Figure 5.

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Un dispositif pour le mélange de fluides comprend une enceinte (10) définissant une chambre de mélange sensiblement annulaire (15), et un rotor annulaire (20) monté de manière rotative dans la chambre de mélange, des passages individuels s'étendant vers l'extérieur (19) étant aménagés dans le rotor, les orifices d'admission aux passages dans le rotor étant disposés (55) à proximité de son axe de rotation, les passages dans le rotor conduisant de ces orifices d'admission à la périphérie du rotor (36) et débouchant au travers de celui-ci, la ligne médiane (152) au travers de chaque passage dans un plan perpendiculaire à l'axe du rotor intersectant le cercle autour de l'axe du rotor sur lequel est situé en un point A l'orifice d'admission vers les passages et formant un angle vers l'arrière avec le rayon du rotor qui passe au travers de ce point A pour ce passage. Une chambre d'admission (49, 53) est en communication avec les orifices d'admission dans le rotor à proximité de l'axe de rotation du rotor, la chambre d'admission étant pourvue d'organes d'admission pour les fluides à mélanger. La chambre de mélange possède une paroi extérieure circulaire (37) s'étendant autour d'une partie importante de sa circonférence avec un petit dégagement à la périphérie du rotor.
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FR2167688A1 (en) * 1972-01-05 1973-08-24 Hege Advanced Systems Corp High energy rotary mixer - with recycle of one constituent to mix with other in rotor
AU459032B2 (en) * 1969-05-07 1975-02-26 William Hooper Robert Dynamic mixer and centrifuge combination
US4066382A (en) * 1976-06-18 1978-01-03 General Signal Corporation Surface aeration impeller
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DE897997C (de) * 1941-06-24 1953-11-26 Ernst A Itterlein Fa Kreiselruehrer
AU459032B2 (en) * 1969-05-07 1975-02-26 William Hooper Robert Dynamic mixer and centrifuge combination
US3606270A (en) * 1970-05-14 1971-09-20 Ludish Co Continuous power blender
FR2167688A1 (en) * 1972-01-05 1973-08-24 Hege Advanced Systems Corp High energy rotary mixer - with recycle of one constituent to mix with other in rotor
GB1572698A (en) * 1975-12-12 1980-07-30 Dynatrol Consultants Ltd Mixing apparatus
US4066382A (en) * 1976-06-18 1978-01-03 General Signal Corporation Surface aeration impeller

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EP0982543A1 (fr) * 1998-08-26 2000-03-01 Abb Research Ltd. Emulsification carburant - eau dans des turbines à gaz
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