A mixing aerator is disclosed that includes a housing defining a chamber having a bottom end and a top end, the housing having at least one inlet and at least one outlet; and a longitudinally extending diffuser disposed within the chamber and configured to deliver air bubbles into the chamber when the chamber is filled with liquid. The diffuser includes (a) a tubular elastomeric membrane having a plurality of perforations and, within the tubular elastomeric membrane, (b) an air pipe having a plurality of openings, the openings being larger and fewer than the perforations, and the tubular membrane having upper and lower ends that are sealed against an outer surface of the air pipe.

The present invention provides a micro two-phase droplet generating device that does not require separate through-holes corresponding to a plurality of two-phase dispersed parallel continuous flow channels. The micro two-phase droplet generating device of the present application comprises a row of a plurality of microflow channels, liquid transfer ports, and a slit, and is configured so as to form two-dispersion phase parallel continuous flows at first connection sites between the plurality of microflow channels, in which a first dispersion phase flows, and the slit, through which a second dispersion phase flows. A continuous phase is fed to second connection sites between the plurality of microflow channels, in which the two-dispersion phase parallel continuous flows flow, and another liquid transfer port, which is preferably a second slit, downstream of the slit, and the two-dispersion phase parallel continuous flows are sheared at the second connection sites, whereby two-phase droplets, and in particular, core-shell or Janus two-phase droplets, can be generated, and a product can be collected from a discharge port.

Disclosed herein is a method for polymerizing a compound in a gas phase reactor. The method includes at least passing a liquid catalyst to a catalyst inlet of a manifold assembly, passing a carrier gas to a carrier gas inlet of the manifold assembly, combining the liquid catalyst and the carrier gas in the main channel of the manifold assembly, and passing the combination of the liquid catalyst and the carrier gas to the reaction chamber. The present disclosure is also directed to manifold assemblies for communication with reaction chambers.

A mixing aerator is disclosed that includes a housing defining a chamber having a bottom end and a top end, the housing having at least one inlet and at least one outlet; and a longitudinally extending diffuser disposed within the chamber and configured to deliver air bubbles into the chamber when the chamber is filled with liquid. The diffuser includes (a) a tubular elastomeric membrane having a plurality of perforations and, within the tubular elastomeric membrane, (b) an air pipe having a plurality of openings, the openings being larger and fewer than the perforations, and the tubular membrane having upper and lower ends that are sealed against an outer surface of the air pipe.

An apparatus may be for producing nanocarriers and/or nanoformulations. A process may be for producing a nanocarrier and/or a nanoformulation with this apparatus. According to the preparation, a first liquid phase and a second liquid phase are mixed first to give a primary mixture using a static mixer. In a subsequence mixing step the primary mixture is diluted with a third liquid. An aspect of apparatus may be that the arrangement of the static mixer inside a linear pipe conducting a third liquid phase. Thus, the primary mixture exiting the mixer is instantaneously diluted with to give secondary mixture. The volume flow of the third mixture is chosen larger than the volume flow of the primary mixture. By these measures, nanocarriers with improved morphology and homogeneity are produced. Encapsulation efficiency was enhanced as well.

Present invention relates to an apparatus (0) for producing nanocarriers and/or nanoformulation and a process for producing a nanocarrier and/or a nanoformulation by means of this apparatus (0). According to inventive preparation, a first liquid phase (A) and the second liquid phase (B) are mixed first to give the primary mixture (A+B) by means of a static mixer (4). In a subsequence mixing step primary mixture (A+B) is diluted with a third liquid (C). An important aspect of apparatus (0) is the arrangement of the static mixer (4) inside a linear pipe (7) conducting third liquid phase (C). Thus, the primary mixture (A+B) exiting the mixer (4) is instantaneously diluted with (C) to give secondary mixture (A+B+C). The volume flow of the third mixture (C) is chosen larger than the volume flow of the primary mixture (A+B). By these measures, nanocarriers with improved morphology and homogeneity are produced. Encapsulation efficiency was enhanced as well.