Method of chaotic mixing and improved stirred tank reactors

Muzzio, Fernando J; Lamberto, David J

Title: Method of chaotic mixing and improved stirred tank reactors

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI ID:872378

Muzzio, Fernando J ^[1]; Lamberto, David J ^[2]

Monroe, NJ
Edison, NJ

The invention provides a method and apparatus for efficiently achieving a homogeneous mixture of fluid components by introducing said components having a Reynolds number of between about .ltoreq.1 to about 500 into a vessel and continuously perturbing the mixing flow by altering the flow speed and mixing time until homogeniety is reached. This method prevents the components from aggregating into non-homogeneous segregated regions within said vessel during mixing and substantially reduces the time the admixed components reach homogeneity.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

DOE Contract Number:: AC06-76RL01830

Assignee:: Rutgers, State University of New Jersey (Piscataway, NJ)

Patent Number(s):: US 5921679

OSTI ID:: 872378

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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