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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2021
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Michael R. Johnson, Pasadena, CA (US);
Weibo Chen, Pasadena, CA (US);
Andrew B. Berg, Pasadena, CA (US);
Patrick Degrosse, Jr., Pasadena, CA (US);
John Luke Wolff, Pasadena, CA (US);
Evan W. Hilgemann, Pasadena, CA (US);
Noah T. Fox, Pasadena, CA (US);
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for blending of fluids are disclosed. A fluid blender has a fluid inlet to receive a fluid, a nozzle with a convergent shape tapering down towards a nozzle end, a mixing chamber with holes arranged on a wall, and a mixture outlet having a divergent shape. In some aspects, a rotary sleeve is externally placed around the wall. The rotary sleeve has slits with a variable shape along its lateral extension. In other aspects the fluid blender has inlet tubes with check valves and a blending tube. An inlet tube has an adjustable orifice to adjust flow inside the blender.