Patent classifications
B01F25/103
Mixer, Mixer Assembly and Mixing Method
A mixer, a mixer assembly and a mixing method in which the mixer comprises a shell defining a first space, the first space receives engine exhaust, and the shell has a mounting area located on a wall of the shell; a doser mounting base arranged in the mounting area for mounting the doser, wherein the doser mounting base comprises a spray inlet as an inlet end for the spray that is sprayed by the doser entering the first space, and the doser mounting base further comprises a first swirl structure that surrounds the spray inlet to make the exhaust form a swirl around the spray inlet.
Vortex generators and virtual mixers for aftertreatment systems
An aftertreatment system for treating constituents of an exhaust gas produced by an engine, comprising: a housing; a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system disposed within the housing; a reductant injector disposed on a sidewall of the housing upstream of the SCR system and configured to insert a reductant into the exhaust gas; and a vortex generator disposed in the housing, the vortex generator comprising at least one deflector disposed on a surface within the housing, the at least one deflector configured to generate vortices in a portion of the exhaust gas flow flowing over the at least one deflector such that the portion of the exhaust gas remains attached to the surface at a downstream location of the surface.
MIXERS FOR USE IN AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEMS
An aftertreatment system comprises: a housing, a SCR system disposed in the housing. A mixer is disposed upstream of the SCR system and includes: a hub, a tubular member disposed circumferentially around the hub and defining a reductant entry port, and plurality of vanes extending from the hub to the tubular member such that openings are defined between adjacent vanes. The plurality of vanes swirl the exhaust gas in a circumferential direction. A reductant injector is disposed on the housing upstream of the SCR system along a transverse axis and configured to insert a reductant into the exhaust gas flowing through the housing through the reductant entry port. The reductant is inserted at a non-zero angle with respect to the transverse axis opposite the circumferential direction to achieve virtual interception. A mixer central axis is radially offset with respect to a housing central axis of the housing.
LIQUID AND SLURRY MIXERS
A mixing vessel comprises a top portion (12) on an inverted conical middle portion (14) and a mixing chamber (16) below the middle portion. A launder (28) surrounds the upper part of the top portion. Solution from the launder is led to a vertical pipe (46) including a motor driven impeller (42) down to the level of the mixing chamber. Two vertically spaced feed pipes (46, 48) lead from the vertical pipe to enter the mixing chamber tangentially in opposite directions.
COUNTER-FLOW REACTANT MIXING FOR EXHAUST GAS AFTERTREATMENT
A mixer and a method therein, including feeding a rotating flow of exhaust gas in a mixing pipe towards a turning end of a mixing chamber; dosing reactant by a doser against the rotating flow around a centreline of the mixing pipe; maintaining a guide around the doser such that a front face of the guide faces the rotating flow, and the guide defines a central opening surrounding the doser; guiding a side flow out of the rotating flow to a carrier flow around the doser via the central opening; and inhibiting by the guide turbulence from being transferred from the side flow to the carrier flow.
MUG
A mug including a stirring unit connected to the liquid space of the mug, for stirring a beverage contained in the liquid space of the mug simultaneously by the same hand in which the mug is held, and in which mug the stirring unit includes a pumping space separate from the liquid space, and a pumping device connected to the pumping space, configured to increase and to decrease the pressure of air inside the pumping space in an alternating manner. In the mug according to the invention, a flow channel extends from the pumping space to the liquid space, enabling the flow of the beverage contained in the liquid space from the liquid space to the pumping space and from the pumping space to the liquid space, whereby a liquid flow can be formed in the flow channel, for stirring the beverage in the liquid space by the pumping device.
Mixer for a vehicle exhaust system
A mixer for a vehicle exhaust system includes an upstream baffle with at least one inlet opening configured to receive engine exhaust gas, a downstream baffle with at least one outlet opening configured to conduct engine exhaust gases to a downstream exhaust component, and an outer peripheral wall surrounding the upstream and downstream baffles and defining a mixer central axis. An intermediate plate is positioned between the upstream and downstream baffles to block direct flow from the inlet opening to the outlet opening. The intermediate plate initiates a rotational flow path that directs exhaust gases exiting the inlet opening through a rotation of more than 360 degrees about the mixer central axis before exiting the outlet opening.
Wine Aeration Devices and Methods of Aerating Wine
A wine aeration device and methods of aerating wine that draw wine from the bottom ⅓ of the container into an aeration chamber where the wine undergoes a first phase of aeration. The wine continues through a return tube into the container where it undergoes a second phase of aeration by way of multiple slits in the return tube causing a venturi effect on the flowing wine.
VORTEX GENERATOR APPARATUS
An impeller-free vortex generator apparatus for fluid mixing, including: a fluid tank including: a first fluid inlet port, the first fluid inlet port including a curved flow channel between a first sidewall segment of the fluid tank and a second sidewall segment of the fluid tank, a second fluid inlet port, and a fluid outlet port; and a first fluid intake duct in fluid communication with the first fluid inlet port; wherein the first fluid intake duct is provided substantially on a tangent to the first sidewall segment of the fluid tank and aligned to deliver a first fluid to an internal surface of the first sidewall segment.
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIXING EXHAUST GAS AND REDUCTANT
A mixing assembly for an exhaust aftertreatment system includes: a mixing body including upstream and downstream mixing body openings, the upstream mixing body opening configured to receive exhaust gas; an upstream plate coupled to the mixing body, the upstream plate including a plurality of upstream plate openings, each of the plurality of upstream plate openings configured to receive a flow percentage that is less than 50% of a total flow of the exhaust gas; a downstream plate coupled to the mixing body downstream from the upstream plate in a direction of exhaust gas flow, the downstream plate including a downstream plate opening; and a swirl plate positioned between the upstream plate and the downstream plate and defining a swirl collection region and a swirl concentration region, the swirl collection region positioned over the plurality of upstream plate openings and the swirl collection region positioned over the downstream plate opening.