Two-fluid nozzle for atomizing a liquid-solid slurry

Claim 1

A two-fluid mixing nozzle which comprises: (a) an elongated first conduit for the flow of a gas through said nozzle, said gas being introduced into the distal end or portion of said first conduit and discharged from the proximate end of said first conduit into a dispersion chamber, said first conduit including a reduced portion, said reduced portion (1) having a cross-sectional area for flow which is less than the cross-sectional area for flow provided by that portion of said first conduit which is adjacent said reduced portion, (2) having a longitudinal axis which is angularly offset from the longitudinal axis of at least a portion of the remainder of said first conduit, and (3) terminating at its downstream end at said dispersion chamber; (b) an elongated second conduit which has a portion thereof located within and substantially coaxial with the longitudinal axis of said reduced portion of said first conduit, said second conduit being for the flow, cocurrently with the flow of said gas, of a liquid-solid slurry through said nozzle, said liquid-solid slurry being introduced into the distal end or portion of said second conduit and being discharged from the proximate end of said second conduit, said liquid-solid slurry discharge being into said dispersion chamber; and (c) a third conduit in fluid communication with said dispersion chamber through which the dispersion formed in said dispersion chamber is discharged from said nozzle, said third conduit being in oblique relationship with the longitudinal axis of said at least a portion of the remainder of said first conduit.