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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2015
Highland Fluid Technology, Ltd., Houston, TX (US);
Kevin Smith, Bellaire, TX (US);
Highland Fluid Technology, Ltd., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method is described of mixing fluid materials, including solids and gases. The materials to be mixed are introduced between two cylindrical rotors mounted in parallel on a motorized shaft. The rotors have arrays of cavities on their cylindrical surfaces and rotate within close proximity to the interior of a cylindrical shell. Passage of the fluid between the rotating rotors and the interior surface of the cylindrical shell causes cavitation, which mixes the materials. The mixture is passed to outlets on the far sides of the rotors from the inlet. Apparatus is described for extending the flow path of the materials and thus increasing exposure to the cavitation process.