Centrifugal reactor

Claim 2

A reactor comprising: an enclosure having an upper portion and a lower portion terminating in a reduced diameter portion defining an outlet, said upper and lower portions having inner wall surfaces, means for admitting a stream of reactant under pressure tangentially into said upper portion causing said reactant to form a film moving in a spiral path downwardly along said inner wall surfaces, means for introducing a second reactant radially under pressure into said enclosure as a spray against said moving film of first reactant at substantially right angles thereto.

Claim 3

A reactor according to claim 1 wherein said first mentioned means comprises a first conduit connected tangentially to said upper portion, and said last mentioned means comprises a second conduit within said enclosure in radially spaced relation to said inner wall surfaces and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings disposed below said first conduit.

Claim 4

A reactor according to claim 2 including a closure member on the inner end of said second conduit below said circumferentially spaced openings.

Claim 5

A reactor according to claim 1 wherein said upper portion is cylindrical in shape and Said lower portion extends downwardly from said cylindrical upper portion and has a truncated conical configuration tapering downwardly to said outlet.

Claim 6

A reactor as defined in claim 1 wherein said first reactant is a liquid waste product and said second reactant is a gas.

Claim 7

A reactor according to claim 1 wherein said last mentioned means includes a conduit within said enclosure having a closed end and a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings for discharging said second reactant.

Claim 8

A reactor comprising: an enclosure having an upper portion and a lower portion terminating in a reduced diameter portion defining an outlet, said upper and lower portions having inner wall surfaces, means for admitting a stream of reactant under pressure tangentially into said upper portion causing said reactant to form a film moving in a spiral path downwardly along said inner wall surfaces, means for introducing a second reactant radially under pressure into said enclosure as a spray against said moving film of first reactant at substantially right angles thereto, said first mentioned means comprising a first conduit connected tangentially to said upper portion, said last mentioned means comprising a second conduit within said enclosure in radially spaced relation to said inner wall surfaces and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings disposed below said first conduit, said enclosure upper portion having an end wall, a hollow tube extending through said end wall into said enclosure between said inner wall surfaces and said second conduit in radially spaced relation thereto.

Claim 9

A reactor comprising: an enclosure having an upper portion and a lower portion terminating in a reduced diameter portion defining an outlet, said upper and lower portions having inner wall surfaces, means for admitting a stream of reactant under pressure tangentially into said upper portion causing said reactant to form a film moving in a spiral path downwardly along said inner wall surfaces, means for introducing a second reactant radially under pressure into said enclosure as a spray against said moving film of first reactant at substantially right angles thereto, said first mentioned means comprising a first conduit connected tangentially to said upper portion, said last mentioned means comprising a second conduit within said enclosure in radially spaced relation to said inner wall surfaces and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced openings disposed below said first conduit, said enclosure upper portion having an end wall, a hollow tube extending through said end wall into said enclosure between said inner wall surfaces and said second conduit in radially spaced relation thereto.

Claim 10

A reactor according to claim 1 wherein said tube has one end projecting axially outwardly from said end wall and provided with connecting means attachable to a supporting structure.

Claim 11

A reactor according to claim 8 wherein said other end of said tube terminates in an end portion disposed below said first conduit and above said circumferentially spaced openings of said second conduit.

Claim 12

A reactor according to claim 8 wherein said second conduit is rigidly secured at the outer end thereof to an annular flange forming a closure for said tube and attachable to said tube connecting means.