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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2003
Applicants:
Niels Gottlieb, Virum, DK;
Per BO Sørensen, Copenhagen, DK;
Heinz Wullschleger, Herlev, DK;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Niro A/S, Soborg, DK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01F 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A nozzle for atomizing a liquid using a gas. The nozzle includes a mixing chamber (), one or more liquid inlets () and at least one tangential gas inlet () to the mixing chamber. An outlet () is positioned at the downstream end of the mixing chamber (). A center body () having a generally converging configuration, seen in the flow direction, is provided in the mixing chamber (). The liquid inlet () or inlets is/are positioned at or near the upstream end () of the mixing chamber () and in the upstream direction with respect to the gas inlet () or inlets.