WO2012066343A1 - In-line disperser and powder mixing method - Google Patents

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WO2012066343A1
WO2012066343A1 PCT/GB2011/052254 GB2011052254W WO2012066343A1 WO 2012066343 A1 WO2012066343 A1 WO 2012066343A1 GB 2011052254 W GB2011052254 W GB 2011052254W WO 2012066343 A1 WO2012066343 A1 WO 2012066343A1
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Alon Vaisman
Bernd Looser
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F23/00Mixing according to the phases to be mixed, e.g. dispersing or emulsifying
    • B01F23/60Mixing solids with solids
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F25/00Flow mixers; Mixers for falling materials, e.g. solid particles
    • B01F25/20Jet mixers, i.e. mixers using high-speed fluid streams
    • B01F25/27Mixing by jetting components into a conduit for agitating its contents
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01FMIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
    • B01F33/00Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
    • B01F33/40Mixers using gas or liquid agitation, e.g. with air supply tubes
    • B01F33/404Mixers using gas or liquid agitation, e.g. with air supply tubes for mixing material moving continuously therethrough, e.g. using impinging jets

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  • the invention relates to in-line powder dispersion apparatus, and particularly to dispersers that can be used to disperse particulate materials in an industrial process.
  • an in-line powder dispersion apparatus comprising:
  • a pneumatic inlet having a first line aperture
  • a mixing chamber placed pneumatically downstream from the pneumatic inlet, at least a first gas injection port having an inlet responsive to an outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber, and
  • a pneumatic outlet placed pneumatically downstream from the mixing chamber and having a second line aperture.
  • Such a dispersion apparatus can be connected directly into a process line via the first and second line apertures, so as to form a continuation of the process line. Aggregation of materials in the process line may be discouraged or reduced by injecting mixing gas into the mixing chamber through the first gas injection port(s).
  • the apparatus may further include a mixing gas source having a mixing gas outlet for pneumatic connection to the gas injection port.
  • the first and second line apertures may be the same, and may be the same as an aperture of the mixing chamber.
  • An injection direction of the mixing gas outlet of the first injection port may be placed at an angle with respect to an expected flow direction through the mixing chamber, such that a first component of the injection direction lies in the downstream direction and a second component lies in an inward, radial direction with respect to the conduit.
  • An injection direction of the or one of the gas inlet ports may be about 75 degrees from a flow direction in the mixing chamber.
  • the apparatus may include a plurality of first gas injection ports, and may include at least four first gas injection ports distributed around a periphery of the mixing chamber.
  • Each gas injection port may have an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber.
  • the gas injection ports may be defined by at least one segmented disperser contact face.
  • the apparatus may include a plurality of gas injection ports, and may in particular include first and second gas injection ports, each having an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber.
  • the first and second gas injection ports may comprise part of a multipart aperture that at least substantially surrounds a circumference of the mixing chamber.
  • the first and second gas injection ports may be separated by bosses.
  • the apparatus may further include a plenum in a pneumatic path between a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and the gas injection ports to evenly distribute a flow of gas from the mixing gas source between the first and second gas injection ports.
  • At least four gas injection ports may be distributed around a periphery of the mixing chamber, each being responsive to the mixing gas outlet of the mixing gas source via the plenum.
  • the plenum may be defined between an inner conduit section and an outer conduit section that each surround a pneumatic flow path that passes from the inlet to the outlet of the apparatus.
  • the mixing chamber may comprise the pneumatic flow path.
  • the conduit sections may be substantially cylindrical.
  • the apparatus may comprise the four gas injection ports, which may be separated by bosses facing in a direction parallel to the flow path from an end face or area of a inner, possibly cylindrical, conduit section and butting against another, possibly cylindrical, conduit section that surrounds the pneumatic flow path.
  • the first gas injection port may at least substantially surround a circumference of the mixing chamber.
  • an in-line powder mixing method comprising:
  • the different directions may comprise different radial directions.
  • the different directions may each comprise a component in the direction of the pneumatic flow
  • Fig. 1 is an end view of an illustrative in-line disperser according to the invention
  • Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the in-line disperser of Fig. 1 ,
  • Fig. 3 is an expanded detail view of the cross sectional view of Fig 2, identified by a circular inset B in Fig 2;
  • Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the in-line disperser of Fig. 1 ;
  • Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an upstream portion of the in-line disperser of Fig. 1 with its outer sleeve partially cut away;
  • Fig. 6 is an expanded detail view of the perspective view of Fig 5, identified by a circular inset C in Fig 5;
  • Fig. 7 is a perspective cutaway view of the in-line disperser of Fig. 1 ; and Fig. 8 is an expanded detail view of the perspective cutaway view of Fig 7.
  • an illustrative in-line disperser 10 includes a pneumatic inlet 102 having a first line aperture, a mixing chamber 104 placed pneumatically downstream of the pneumatic inlet, and a pneumatic outlet 106 placed pneumatically downstream of the mixing chamber.
  • the disperser includes a body that spans from a pneumatic inlet at an upstream end 12 to a pneumatic outlet at a downstream end 14.
  • a mixing chamber, in the form of a conduit 20, is defined between the ends.
  • the disperser also includes at least one, and in this example four, gas injection ports 108.
  • Each gas injection port includes an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source, and a mixing outlet that opens in to the mixing chamber 104.
  • the disperser may further include a mixing gas source having a mixing gas outlet, although this is not shown in the figures.
  • the gas injection ports are arranged to direct mixing gas into a fluid flowing in the mixing chamber.
  • the gas injection ports are distributed at different radial positions around the mixing chamber, and are, in this example, angled so as to direct gas into the mixing chamber in a direction that has a first generally radial component (with respect to the mixing chamber), and a second generally axial component in a downstream direction (with respect to the expected or intended direction of the pneumatic flow through the mixing chamber).
  • the injection ports may be in connection with a mixing gas source via a shared manifold or plenum, an example of which is described in more detail below. However, it will be appreciated that each gas injection port might have an individual mixing gas supply, if required.
  • the body of the disperser is made of an upstream portion 16 and a downstream portion 18 that are connected by a sleeve 19 in such a way as to define a gas injection path between the conduit 20 (via the gas injection ports 108) and one or more gas input ports 22, which can be connected to a gas source, such as a bottled gas source.
  • the upstream body portion 16 can be made up of two segments of successively smaller outer diameters 16A and 168, where the outer diameter of segment 16B is smaller than the outer diameter of segment 16A, and segment 16B is downstream of segment 16 A.
  • the downstream body portion 18 can be made up of two segments of successively smaller inner diameters 18A and 18B, where the inner diameter of segment 18A is larger than the inner diameter of segment 18B, and segment 18A is upstream of segment 18B.
  • the inner diameter of downstream segment 18A is larger than the outer diameter of upstream segment 16B, so that the two segments are able to overlap, defining a space between them through which gas can flow.
  • the disperser segments, 16, 18 make face to face contact at a plurality of discrete points, establishing a plurality of gaps - the injection ports - through which a mixing gas, such as air, can flow.
  • bosses 24 are provided at the downstream end of the upstream portion 16, which is part of its inner segment or layer 16B, in particular an end face of segment 16B. These bosses extend along the flow direction and each culminate in a raised contact surface to form a segmented disperser contact face, proving a 'segmented' gap through which the mixing gas can flow. In one embodiment, there are four bosses that are each 0.5 mm high. This dimension was chosen empirically based on gas consumption, but other dimensions may be more suitable and an optimal exact diameter is likely to be application-specific.
  • an outer sleeve 19 is clamped in place with gaskets to align and draw the upstream body portion 16 against the downstream body portion 18.
  • the gaskets include an internal groove shaped to receive protrusions extending from both the sleeve and body portions 16 and 18, so holding the portions securely in place.
  • the gaskets are 1 - 1/2 inch tri-clamp gaskets, which provide axial pressure to ensure that the disperser segments are kept in face to face contact with each other.
  • the beginning of the gas injection path is defined by a gap 30 between the downstream end of the outer layer 16A of the upstream body portion 16 and the upstream end of the outer layer 18A of the downstream body portion 18.
  • a second part of the gas injection path is defined by an annular volume 32 defined between the radially outward-facing wall of the inner layer 16B of the upstream body portion and the radially inward facing wall of the outer layer 18A of the inner wall of the downstream body portion.
  • This annular volume 30 acts as a plenum to evenly distribute a flow of gas from the two gas input ports 22.
  • the final part of the injection path is defined by a ring of curved gaps 34 between the bosses 24, which gaps define the gas injection ports 108.
  • the end surfaces of the inner layers of the upstream and downstream body portions can be angled to direct the gas flow into a mixing area 36 of the conduit 20 at selected angle. That is, the end face of the bosses may be at an angle to the radius of the mixing chamber, and the end face of the inner downstream segment 18B may also be at an angle to the radius, so that the gas injection ports are not normal to the flow direction, but instead have a component in the flow direction.
  • this angle is a relatively steep 75° with respect to the flow direction (i.e., the introduction is 15° closer to the flow direction than a right angle introduction would be).
  • vacuum created by the disperser is gentle and should not interfere with operation of upstream equipment.
  • the in-line disperser is positioned between an upstream source of particles, such as a milling machine, and a downstream measuring device, such as one of the Insitec laser diffraction instruments available from Malvern Instruments, which is used to measure their characteristics.
  • the pressurized injected gas creates turbulence in the mixing area and breaks up aggregated particles and/or prevents aggregation that might otherwise take place.
  • the measuring device receives the pneumatically conveyed particulate flow and monitors the size of the particles it contains.

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Abstract

An in-line powder dispersion apparatus (10), comprises a pneumatic inlet (102) having a first line aperture, a mixing chamber (106) placed pneumatically downstream from the pneumatic inlet, at least a first gas injection port (108) having an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber, and a pneumatic outlet (104) placed pneumatically downstream from the mixing chamber and having a second line aperture. The apparatus may further comprise a mixing gas source having a mixing gas outlet.

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IN-LINE DISPERSER AND POWDER MIXING METHOD
Field of the Invention
The invention relates to in-line powder dispersion apparatus, and particularly to dispersers that can be used to disperse particulate materials in an industrial process.
Background of the Invention
It can be very important to understand the characteristics, such as particle size, of particulate materials used in many industrial processes. In some cases application parameters are such that an entire process stream can be directed through an analyzer flowcell to measure its characteristics. This is the case with small scale micronization and spray drying processes where product stream is dilute and can be contained in a 1 - 2" diameter process line. But aggregation of the materials in process lines, which can be caused by static charge buildup, can be a problem that can lead to erroneous readings.
Summary of the Invention
According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided an in-line powder dispersion apparatus, comprising:
a pneumatic inlet having a first line aperture,
a mixing chamber placed pneumatically downstream from the pneumatic inlet, at least a first gas injection port having an inlet responsive to an outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber, and
a pneumatic outlet placed pneumatically downstream from the mixing chamber and having a second line aperture.
Such a dispersion apparatus can be connected directly into a process line via the first and second line apertures, so as to form a continuation of the process line. Aggregation of materials in the process line may be discouraged or reduced by injecting mixing gas into the mixing chamber through the first gas injection port(s).
The apparatus may further include a mixing gas source having a mixing gas outlet for pneumatic connection to the gas injection port. The first and second line apertures may be the same, and may be the same as an aperture of the mixing chamber.
An injection direction of the mixing gas outlet of the first injection port may be placed at an angle with respect to an expected flow direction through the mixing chamber, such that a first component of the injection direction lies in the downstream direction and a second component lies in an inward, radial direction with respect to the conduit.
An injection direction of the or one of the gas inlet ports may be about 75 degrees from a flow direction in the mixing chamber.
The apparatus may include a plurality of first gas injection ports, and may include at least four first gas injection ports distributed around a periphery of the mixing chamber. Each gas injection port may have an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber. The gas injection ports may be defined by at least one segmented disperser contact face.
The apparatus may include a plurality of gas injection ports, and may in particular include first and second gas injection ports, each having an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber. The first and second gas injection ports may comprise part of a multipart aperture that at least substantially surrounds a circumference of the mixing chamber. The first and second gas injection ports may be separated by bosses. The apparatus may further include a plenum in a pneumatic path between a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and the gas injection ports to evenly distribute a flow of gas from the mixing gas source between the first and second gas injection ports. At least four gas injection ports may be distributed around a periphery of the mixing chamber, each being responsive to the mixing gas outlet of the mixing gas source via the plenum. The plenum may be defined between an inner conduit section and an outer conduit section that each surround a pneumatic flow path that passes from the inlet to the outlet of the apparatus. The mixing chamber may comprise the pneumatic flow path. The conduit sections may be substantially cylindrical. The apparatus may comprise the four gas injection ports, which may be separated by bosses facing in a direction parallel to the flow path from an end face or area of a inner, possibly cylindrical, conduit section and butting against another, possibly cylindrical, conduit section that surrounds the pneumatic flow path.
The first gas injection port may at least substantially surround a circumference of the mixing chamber.
According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided an in-line powder mixing method, comprising:
receiving a pneumatic flow that includes suspended particles,
causing turbulence in the received pneumatic flow by injecting a mixing gas from a plurality of different directions in the received pneumatic flow to create a dispersed flow, and
providing the dispersed flow to a downstream measuring instrument.
The different directions may comprise different radial directions. The different directions may each comprise a component in the direction of the pneumatic flow It will be appreciated that the above features and aspects of the invention may be combined in any order or combination, and that features of the first aspect of the invention may be used in the second aspect of the invention if required, and vice versa. Brief Description of the Drawings
Fig. 1 is an end view of an illustrative in-line disperser according to the invention;
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the in-line disperser of Fig. 1 ,
viewed along a line A-A in Fig. 1 ;
Fig. 3 is an expanded detail view of the cross sectional view of Fig 2, identified by a circular inset B in Fig 2; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the in-line disperser of Fig. 1 ; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an upstream portion of the in-line disperser of Fig. 1 with its outer sleeve partially cut away; Fig. 6 is an expanded detail view of the perspective view of Fig 5, identified by a circular inset C in Fig 5;
Fig. 7 is a perspective cutaway view of the in-line disperser of Fig. 1 ; and Fig. 8 is an expanded detail view of the perspective cutaway view of Fig 7.
Detailed Description of an Illustrative Embodiment
Referring to Figs. 1 -3, an illustrative in-line disperser 10 includes a pneumatic inlet 102 having a first line aperture, a mixing chamber 104 placed pneumatically downstream of the pneumatic inlet, and a pneumatic outlet 106 placed pneumatically downstream of the mixing chamber. In the example shown, the disperser includes a body that spans from a pneumatic inlet at an upstream end 12 to a pneumatic outlet at a downstream end 14. A mixing chamber, in the form of a conduit 20, is defined between the ends. The disperser also includes at least one, and in this example four, gas injection ports 108. Each gas injection port includes an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source, and a mixing outlet that opens in to the mixing chamber 104. The disperser may further include a mixing gas source having a mixing gas outlet, although this is not shown in the figures. The gas injection ports are arranged to direct mixing gas into a fluid flowing in the mixing chamber. The gas injection ports are distributed at different radial positions around the mixing chamber, and are, in this example, angled so as to direct gas into the mixing chamber in a direction that has a first generally radial component (with respect to the mixing chamber), and a second generally axial component in a downstream direction (with respect to the expected or intended direction of the pneumatic flow through the mixing chamber). The injection ports may be in connection with a mixing gas source via a shared manifold or plenum, an example of which is described in more detail below. However, it will be appreciated that each gas injection port might have an individual mixing gas supply, if required. In the example shown, the body of the disperser is made of an upstream portion 16 and a downstream portion 18 that are connected by a sleeve 19 in such a way as to define a gas injection path between the conduit 20 (via the gas injection ports 108) and one or more gas input ports 22, which can be connected to a gas source, such as a bottled gas source. While this type of two-part construction is the currently preferred approach to defining the gas injection path, one of ordinary skill in the art would recognize that other approaches, such as casting or machining a single part, could also be employed. And while the conduit is shown with a continuous diameter along a flow axis of the disperser, other geometries could also be devised.
Referring to Figs. 4-6, the upstream body portion 16 can be made up of two segments of successively smaller outer diameters 16A and 168, where the outer diameter of segment 16B is smaller than the outer diameter of segment 16A, and segment 16B is downstream of segment 16 A. Conversely, the downstream body portion 18 can be made up of two segments of successively smaller inner diameters 18A and 18B, where the inner diameter of segment 18A is larger than the inner diameter of segment 18B, and segment 18A is upstream of segment 18B. The inner diameter of downstream segment 18A is larger than the outer diameter of upstream segment 16B, so that the two segments are able to overlap, defining a space between them through which gas can flow. The disperser segments, 16, 18 make face to face contact at a plurality of discrete points, establishing a plurality of gaps - the injection ports - through which a mixing gas, such as air, can flow.
At the downstream end of the upstream portion 16, which is part of its inner segment or layer 16B, in particular an end face of segment 16B, a series of bosses 24 are provided. These bosses extend along the flow direction and each culminate in a raised contact surface to form a segmented disperser contact face, proving a 'segmented' gap through which the mixing gas can flow. In one embodiment, there are four bosses that are each 0.5 mm high. This dimension was chosen empirically based on gas consumption, but other dimensions may be more suitable and an optimal exact diameter is likely to be application-specific.
Referring to Fig. 7, an outer sleeve 19 is clamped in place with gaskets to align and draw the upstream body portion 16 against the downstream body portion 18. As shown best in Fig. 1 , the gaskets include an internal groove shaped to receive protrusions extending from both the sleeve and body portions 16 and 18, so holding the portions securely in place. When the body portions are drawn together and aligned, the contact surfaces of the bosses 24 on the innermost layer 16B press against the upstream end of the innermost layer 18B of the downstream body portion. In this position, the upstream body portion and the downstream body portion provide a structural framework for the gas injection path. In the example shown in Fig 2, the gaskets are 1 - 1/2 inch tri-clamp gaskets, which provide axial pressure to ensure that the disperser segments are kept in face to face contact with each other. Referring also to Fig. 8, the beginning of the gas injection path is defined by a gap 30 between the downstream end of the outer layer 16A of the upstream body portion 16 and the upstream end of the outer layer 18A of the downstream body portion 18. A second part of the gas injection path is defined by an annular volume 32 defined between the radially outward-facing wall of the inner layer 16B of the upstream body portion and the radially inward facing wall of the outer layer 18A of the inner wall of the downstream body portion. This annular volume 30 acts as a plenum to evenly distribute a flow of gas from the two gas input ports 22. The final part of the injection path is defined by a ring of curved gaps 34 between the bosses 24, which gaps define the gas injection ports 108. The end surfaces of the inner layers of the upstream and downstream body portions can be angled to direct the gas flow into a mixing area 36 of the conduit 20 at selected angle. That is, the end face of the bosses may be at an angle to the radius of the mixing chamber, and the end face of the inner downstream segment 18B may also be at an angle to the radius, so that the gas injection ports are not normal to the flow direction, but instead have a component in the flow direction. In one embodiment, this angle is a relatively steep 75° with respect to the flow direction (i.e., the introduction is 15° closer to the flow direction than a right angle introduction would be). As a result, vacuum created by the disperser is gentle and should not interfere with operation of upstream equipment. In operation, the in-line disperser is positioned between an upstream source of particles, such as a milling machine, and a downstream measuring device, such as one of the Insitec laser diffraction instruments available from Malvern Instruments, which is used to measure their characteristics. The pressurized injected gas creates turbulence in the mixing area and breaks up aggregated particles and/or prevents aggregation that might otherwise take place. The measuring device then receives the pneumatically conveyed particulate flow and monitors the size of the particles it contains.
The present invention has now been described in connection with a specific embodiment thereof. However, numerous modifications which are contemplated as falling within the scope of the present invention should now be apparent to those skilled in the art. Therefore, it is intended that the scope of the present invention be limited only by the scope of the claims appended hereto. In addition, the order of presentation of the claims should not be construed to limit the scope of any particular term in the claims.

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1. An in-line powder dispersion apparatus, comprising:
a pneumatic inlet having a first line aperture,
a mixing chamber placed pneumatically downstream from the pneumatic inlet, at least a first gas injection port having an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber, and
a pneumatic outlet placed pneumatically downstream from the mixing chamber and having a second line aperture.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a mixing gas source having a mixing gas outlet.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the first and second line apertures are the same and are the same as an aperture of the mixing chamber.
4. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein an injection direction of the mixing outlet of the first injection port is placed at an angle with respect to the flow with a first component in the downstream direction and a second component in a inward radial direction with respect to the conduit.
5. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein an injection direction of the inlet port is about 75 degrees from a flow direction in the mixing chamber.
6. The apparatus of any one of claims 1 to 6 further including a second gas injection port having an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the first and second gas injection ports are part of a multipart aperture that at least substantially surrounds a circumference of the mixing chamber.
8. The apparatus of claim 6 or claim 7 wherein the first and second gas injection ports are separated by bosses.
9. The apparatus of any one of claims 6 to 8 further including a plenum in a pneumatic path between the mixing gas outlet of the mixing gas source and the first and second gas injection ports to evenly distribute a flow of gas from the mixing gas source between the first and second gas injection ports.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein at least four first gas injection ports are distributed around a periphery of the mixing chamber and each is responsive to the mixing gas outlet of the mixing gas source via the plenum.
1 1. The apparatus of claim 9 or claim 10 wherein the plenum is defined between an inner cylindrical conduit section and an outer cylindrical conduit section that each surround a pneumatic flow path that passes from the inlet to the outlet of the apparatus.
12. The apparatus of claim 9 or claim 10 or claim 1 1 wherein the four gas injection ports are separated by bosses facing in a direction parallel to the flow path from a circular end area of the inner cylindrical conduit section and butting against another cylindrical conduit section that surrounds the pneumatic flow.
13. The apparatus of any preceding claim wherein the first gas injection port at least substantially surrounds a circumference of the mixing chamber.
14. The apparatus of any preceding claim wherein at least four first gas injection ports are distributed around a periphery of the mixing chamber and each has an inlet responsive to a mixing gas outlet of a mixing gas source and a mixing outlet that opens into the mixing chamber.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 wherein the gas injection ports are defined by at least one segmented disperser contact face.
16. An in-line powder mixing method, comprising:
receiving a pneumatic flow that includes suspended particles, causing turbulence in the received pneumatic flow by injecting a mixing g from a plurality of different directions in the received pneumatic flow to create dispersed flow, and
providing the dispersed flow to a downstream measuring instrument.
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