Apparatus for effecting turbulent flow of fluids and treatment thereof in conduits

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR INDUCING TURBULENT FLOW OF FLUIDS COMPRISING, A TUBULAR FLOW CONDUIT HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONNECTED ELONGATE TUBULAR MEMBERS ARRANGED IS A SERIES DOWNSTREAM ONE TO ANOTHER WITH EACH DEFINING A CONFINED FLOW PATH SUBSTANTIALLY CORRESPONDING IN LENGTH AND CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA TO THAT OF THE OTHERS, MEANS IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS OBSTRUCTING THE FLOW WHEREBY BLUIDS FLOWING TOWARD SAID OBSTRUCTING MEANS IMPINGE THEREON AND REVERSE IN FLOW DIRECTION SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS EACH AVING AN INLET COMMUNICATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE NEXT PRECEDING TUBULAR MEMBER INTERMEDIATE THE LENGTH THEREOF AND SPACED UPSTREAM FROM SAID OBSTRUCTING MEANS, SAID SPACING IN SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL ONE TO THE OTHERS, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INLET OF SAID CONDUIT AND DELIVERING SAID FLUID THERETO UNDER PRESSURE AND OF A QUANTITY TO NORMALLY EFFECT A NON-TURBULENT FLOW THROUGH A TUBULAR MEMBER CORRESPONDING IN CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA TO SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS, SAID APPARATUS BEING CHARACTERIZED BY THE COUNTER-CURRENT FLOW IN THE TUBULAR MEMBERS BETWEEEN THE RESPECTIVE OBSTRUCTING MEANS AND THE INLET TO THE NEXT SUCCEEDING TUBULAR MEMBER EFFECTING A TURBULENT FLOW OF SAID FLUID INTO SAID NEXT SUCCEEDING TUBULAR MEMBER.