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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2010
David D. Kandiyeli, Mesa, AZ (US);
Quay Issac Gene Williams, Sandy, OR (US);
Barry Kennedy Cavinaw, Tualatin, OR (US);
Charles Richard Boley, Jr., Canby, OR (US);
David D. Kandiyeli, Mesa, AZ (US);
Quay Issac Gene Williams, Sandy, OR (US);
Barry Kennedy Cavinaw, Tualatin, OR (US);
Charles Richard Boley, Jr., Canby, OR (US);
Mega Fluid Systems, Inc., Tualatin, OR (US);
Abstract
An improved method and apparatus for blending process materials. Preferred embodiments of the present invention are directed to a process material contacting system to increase wetted surface area for liquid contact as well as increase forced convective mixing efficiency of the liquid mixture. Use of a novel process material contacting apparatus allows one solid feeding element to serve multiple process material tanks, thus reducing overall system costs and decreasing set-up time/process variability while increasing operational efficiency. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, rather than adding a process material to a volume of liquid held in a blending tank, the added process material is remotely blended with the liquid outside the process material tank.