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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2001
Peter Mathys, Neuhausen, CH;
Stefan Frohofer, Russikon, CH;
Sulzer Chemtech AG, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
The mixing element ( ) is provided for a flange transition ( ) in a pipeline ( ) and can be mounted between two flanges ( ) of the pipeline. It comprises a mixing-active structure ( ) which is formed by one or two vanes ( ) within a ring ( ). Two mutually inclined planes ( ) can be defined, with the one vane being arranged on the one plane or the two vanes being arranged on the two planes. The two planes intersect at a crossing axis ( ). Closed sub-surfaces ( ′) as well as open pieces of surface ( ) of vanes form a surface pattern ( ) which is formed asymmetrically with respect to the crossing axis. Through the asymmetric shape a fluid ( ) which flows through the pipeline can be deflected in such a manner that partial flows ( ) are deflected from one pipe half through sub-surfaces of the one plane ( ) into the other pipe half and encounter there largely non-deflected partial flows, with this also holding vice versa with respect to the other plane ( ) if on the latter there is a second vane ( ) having structure elements.