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American Air Liquide, Inc.

Air Liquide Deutschland Gmbh

Jan Mante

Vasuhi Rasanayagam

Midhun Joy

Rovshan Mahmudov

Siavash Isazadeh

Joerg Schwerdt

Disclosed are systems and methods for mixing a gas-free liquid oxidant with a process liquid to form a homogeneous and gas-free mixture with minimized degassing. The mixing system comprises an injection device, integrating with a pipe through which a process liquid flows, configured and adapted to inject a gas-free liquid oxidant into the process liquid, and a mixer, fluidly connected to the pipe and the injection device, configured and adapted to mix the process liquid and the gas-free liquid oxidant therein to form a homogeneous and gas-free mixture of the process liquid and the gas-free liquid oxidant with minimal degassing. The method comprises the steps of a) injecting the gas-free liquid oxidant into the process liquid, and b) mixing the gas-free liquid oxidant and the process liquid to form the homogeneous and gas-free mixture. The gas-free liquid oxidant is ozone strong water.

Method for mixing gas-free liquid oxidant with process liquid

Apparatus for introducing a gas into a main medium, comprising: a main conduit for guiding the main medium, a multitude of injection lines for guiding the gas, wherein each of the injection lines has a respective end section with a respective outlet opening situated within the main conduit, and wherein the end sections are oriented essentially parallel to each other and to the main conduit. With the apparatus a gas can be introduced in particular into waste water for obtaining a biologically activated sludge. Thereby, interaction between the gas and the waste water can be particularly pronounced due to a particularly large liquid-gas-interface caused by particularly extensive turbulences. Further, shear stress acting on particles in the activated sludge can be advantageously low, thus avoiding damage of the biological particles.

Apparatus and arrangement for introducing a gas into a main medium in particular in waste water treatment

Disclosed are decoupled systems and methods for producing an oxidized liquid. The method comprises the steps of generating an ozone strong water in a mass transfer unit, mixing the ozone strong water with a process liquid in a mixing unit to form a homogeneous and gas-free mixture of the ozone strong water and the process liquid, forwarding the homogeneous and gas-free mixture to a reaction unit, and producing the oxidized liquid in the reaction unit. The method utilizes the acidic feed liquid to generate ozone dissolved in water having a higher concentration at a saturated or nearly saturated concentration compared to prior art processes at atmospheric pressure and neutral or alkaline pH.

Separation of ozone oxidation in liquid media into three unit operations for process optimization

Disclosed are systems and methods for mixing a gas-free liquid oxidant with a process liquid to form a homogeneous and gas-free mixture with minimized degassing. The mixing system comprises an injection device, integrating with a pipe through which a process liquid flows, configured and adapted to inject a gas-free liquid oxidant into the process liquid, and a mixer, fluidly connected to the pipe and the injection device, configured and adapted to mix the process liquid and the gas-free liquid oxidant therein to form a homogeneous and gas-free mixture of the process liquid and the gas-free liquid oxidant with minimal degassing. The method comprises the steps of a). injecting the gas-free liquid oxidant into the process liquid, and b). mixing the gas-free liquid oxidant and the process liquid to form the homogeneous and gas-free mixture. The gas-free liquid oxidant is ozone strong water.

Disclosed are methods for continuous production of ozone strong water, the methods comprising the steps of injecting an acidification agent into a pressurized feed water to maintain a pH value of the pressurized feed water below 7, diffusing a two-phase mixture of O-Ogas and recirculated water into a body of acidic pressurized water to dissolve ozone into the acidic pressurized water. The disclosed methods include simultaneously maintaining a start-up mode in an upper portion of the dissolution column that favors high efficiency of ozone mass transfer into the acidic pressurized water and a steady state mode in a lower portion of the dissolution column that favors a high concentration of dissolved ozone in the acidic pressurized water coexistent in the body of the acidic pressurized water, wherein an ozone concentration gradient is formed along a height of the body of the acidic pressurized water.

Methods for producing high-concentration of dissolved ozone in liquid media

Disclosed are systems for continuous production of ozone strong water, the systems comprising an injection device that injects an acidification agent into a pressurized feed liquid, a diffuser device that injects ozone into a body of the acidic pressurized feed water, and injection nozzles each controlled by a valve that adjust a flow rate of the ozone strong water discharged from a dissolution column to match a flow rate of the acidic pressurized feed water fed to the dissolution column, thereby maintaining a start-up mode in an upper portion of the dissolution column that favors a high efficiency of ozone mass transfer and a steady-state mode in a lower portion of the dissolution column that favors a high dissolved ozone concentration coexistent in the body of the acidic pressurized liquid, wherein a concentration gradient of dissolved ozone is formed along a height of the body of the acidic pressurized liquid.

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Jan Mante