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Gas dissolving system and method
Assignee: International Environmental Systems Inc
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Filing: 1990-07-03
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Granted: 1991-09-17
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Expires: 2010-07-03
Abstract
Abstract An improved gas dissolving and releasing system involving the use of multistages of porous gas dissolving media at the center and near the wall of a pressure vessel is described. The gas dissolving system includes a liquid pressure pump, a pressure vessel with tangential inlet and outlet, a gas injector, an inlet nozzle assembly, a center gas dissolving tube, one or more wall-mounted gas dissolving plate assembly, a gas compressor, gas regulators, gas flow meter(s), pressure gauge(s), safety valve(s), sight tube(s), a bleed-off point, a pressurized water release unit, and a liquid flow meter. The liquid flow pattern inside of the pressure vessel is controlled to be of either swirling upflow, swirling downflow or swirling horizontal flow at a rotation speed of over 2,500 rpm. A set of special nozzles with different orifices is designated for precise liquid flow control and liquid rotation speed control. More than one gases introduced at different inlets are dissolved simultaneously and efficiently in the pressure vessel under controlled pressure at 2-7 atm. The improved gas dissolving system is compact, simple and cost-effective, and is applied to ozonation, chlorination, recarbonation, oxygenation, nitrogenation, aeration, and flotation processes.
Inventors
- 👤 Lawrence K. Wang
- 👤 Lubomyr Kurylko
- 👤 Mu Hao S. Wang
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CPC Classifications
C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/46; C02F1/461; C02F1/463; B; B01; B01F; B01F23/00; B01F23/20; B01F23/23; B01F23/231; B01F23/23105; B01F23/2312; B01F23/23123; B01F23/232; B01F23/2322; B01F23/2326; B01F23/2366; B01F23/2368; B01F23/237; B01F23/2376; B01F23/23761; B01F23/23762; B01F23/23763; B01F25/00; B01F25/30; B01F25/31; B01F25/313; B01F25/314; B01F25/3142; B01F25/31421; B01F33/00; B01F33/70; B01F33/71; C02F3/00; C02F3/02; C02F3/12; C02F3/26; B01F2025/91; B01F2025/913; B01F2025/914; B01F2215/00; B01F2215/04; B01F2215/0413; B01F2215/0418; B01F2215/0431; B01F2215/0436; B01F2215/0468; B01F23/23765; B01J; B01J2219/00; B01J2219/18; B01J2219/182; B01J2219/187; C02F1/52; C02F2301/00; C02F2301/02; C02F2301/024; C02F2301/026; C02F2301/06; C02F2301/066; Y; Y02; Y02W; Y02W10/00; Y02W10/10; Y10; Y10S; Y10S261/00; Y10S261/75
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
224 words
An apparatus for dissolving a plurality of gases into a pressurized liquid stream for simultaneous ozonation, chlorination, recarbonation, oxygenation, nitrogenation, aeration and flotation processes comprises: an inlet pipe with an inlet valve for the influent liquid stream to enter said apparatus, a pump forcing said influent liquid stream through a gas injector where the first gas is fed by suction under negative pressure, a liquid inlet nozzle assembly measuring the pressure and flow rate of said influent liquid stream from said gas injector and creating high liquid velocity, an enclosed cylindrical pressure vessel receiving the liquid from said inlet liquid nozzle assembly for pressurization, being equipped with a side liquid inlet pipe, a center liquid inlet pipe, a side liquid outlet pipe, a center liquid outlet pipe, a pressure gauge, a safety valve, a sight tube, a gas bleed-off valve, at least one wall-mounted gas dissolving plate assembly, a center gas dissolving tube, a plurality of gas inlets for feeding the second and the third gases, cover plates, support legs, gas regulators, and means to maintain the vessel at 2-7 atmospheric pressure, and over 2,500 rpm liquid rotation velocity in accordance with a swirling flow pattern surrounding said center gas dissolving tube for total gas dissolution, and an outlet pipe with an outlet valve for discharge of the effluent from said cylindrical pressure vessel.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
224 words
An apparatus for dissolving a plurality of gases into a pressurized liquid stream for simultaneous ozonation, chlorination, recarbonation, oxygenation, nitrogenation, aeration and flotation processes comprises: an inlet pipe with an inlet valve for the influent liquid stream to enter said apparatus, a pump forcing said influent liquid stream through a gas injector where the first gas is fed by suction under negative pressure, a liquid inlet nozzle assembly measuring the pressure and flow rate of said influent liquid stream from said gas injector and creating high liquid velocity, an enclosed cylindrical pressure vessel receiving the liquid from said inlet liquid nozzle assembly for pressurization, being equipped with a side liquid inlet pipe, a center liquid inlet pipe, a side liquid outlet pipe, a center liquid outlet pipe, a pressure gauge, a safety valve, a sight tube, a gas bleed-off valve, at least one wall-mounted gas dissolving plate assembly, a center gas dissolving tube, a plurality of gas inlets for feeding the second and the third gases, cover plates, support legs, gas regulators, and means to maintain the vessel at 2-7 atmospheric pressure, and over 2,500 rpm liquid rotation velocity in accordance with a swirling flow pattern surrounding said center gas dissolving tube for total gas dissolution, and an outlet pipe with an outlet valve for discharge of the effluent from said cylindrical pressure vessel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said inlet nozzle assembly is a part of a complete apparatus with various nozzle orifice diameters for precise liquid flow control and liquid rotation velocity control.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said porous center gas dissolving tube is porous medium, which is made of stainless steel, ceramic, plastic, polyethylene, nylon, or combinations thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said porous center gas dissolving tube is top mounted, or bottom mounted, or both top and bottom mounted.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said wall-mounted porous gas dissolving plate assembly is porous medium, which is made of stainless steel, ceramic, plastic, nylon, polyethylene, or combinations thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said pressure vessel is operated in accordance with a downward swirling flow pattern, an upward swirling flow pattern or a horizontal swirling flow pattern, for the pressurized liquid inside said pressure vessel.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
59 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said pressure vessel is operated with the following inlet-outlet combinations to have maximum flexibility for various industrial and municipal applications: (a) side liquid inlet and side liquid outlet; (b) side liquid inlet and center liquid outlet; (c) center liquid inlet and center liquid outlet; and (d) center liquid inlet and side liquid outlet.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for dissolving a plurality of gases into a liquid comprises of the following steps: pumping the liquid stream to a pressure vessel under 2 to 7 atmospheric pressure, feeding noncompressed gas into said liquid stream by suction, controlling liquid flow rate and liquid rotation velocity inside said pressure vessel with a liquid nozzle assembly, maintaining a swirling flow pattern surrounding a porous center gas dissolving tube at over 2,500 rpm inside said pressure vessel, feeding and dissolving compressed gas into the pressurized liquid inside said pressure vessel through said porous center gas dissolving tube, feeding and dissolving compressed gas into the pressurized liquid inside said pressure vessel through a wall-mounted gas dissolving plate assembly, and having ozonation, oxygenation, nitrogenation, chlorination, aeration, and recarbonation (carbonation) reactions inside said pressure vessel when ozone, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, air and carbon dioxide gases, respectively, are fed or present.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for dissolving a plurality of gases into a liquid comprises of the following steps: pumping the liquid stream to a pressure vessel under 2 to 7 atmospheric pressure, feeding noncompressed gas into said liquid stream by suction, controlling liquid flow rate and liquid rotation velocity inside said pressure vessel with a liquid nozzle assembly, maintaining a swirling flow pattern surrounding a porous center gas dissolving tube at over 2,500 rpm inside said pressure vessel, feeding and dissolving compressed gas into the pressurized liquid inside said pressure vessel through said porous center gas dissolving tube, feeding and dissolving compressed gas into the pressurized liquid inside said pressure vessel through a wall-mounted gas dissolving plate assembly, and having ozonation, oxygenation, nitrogenation, chlorination, aeration, and recarbonation (carbonation) reactions inside said pressure vessel when ozone, oxygen, nitrogen, chlorine, air and carbon dioxide gases, respectively, are fed or present.
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