Baffle pipe segment, injector device and dissolving installation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10654008-B2
Application number	US-201615755106-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 15, 2016
Priority date	Sep 24, 2015
Publication date	May 19, 2020
Grant date	May 19, 2020

Abstract

A baffle pipe segment ( 1 ) as obstacle in a flow of a target liquid through the baffle pipe segment ( 1 ), comprising a baffle element ( 3 ) arranged in the path of the target liquid, wherein a slit ( 14 ) for passage of the target liquid is formed between a segment hull ( 8 ) of the baffle pipe segment ( 1 ) and the baffle element ( 3 ). The baffle element ( 3 ) comprises at least one first positive curvature ( 3 a ) towards the input side. The slit ( 14 ) is delimited by an inner wall ( 14 a ) and an outer wall ( 14 b ), wherein the inner wall ( 14 a ) is formed by a wall section of the baffle element ( 3 ) and the outer wall ( 14 b ) of the slit ( 14 ) is formed by a section of the segment hull ( 8 ). The slit ( 14 ) extends in a perpendicular direction to the longitudinal axis (z) along a section of the circumference of the segment hull ( 8 ). And an injector device ( 7 ) with such a baffle pipe segment ( 1 ) and a dissolving installation ( 50 ) with such an injector device ( 7 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An injector device for dissolving material in a target liquid, comprising:
a baffle pipe segment for providing an obstacle in a flow of a target liquid through the baffle pipe segment, the baffle pipe segment comprising:
a tubular segment having a longitudinal axis along which the tubular segment extends, wherein the target fluid flows through the tubular segment;
a baffle, attached to the tubular segment, arranged in a path of the target liquid flowing through the tubular segment, wherein the baffle separates the baffle pipe segment into an input side arranged upstream of the baffle with respect to a flow direction of the target liquid through the tubular segment, and an output side arranged downstream of the baffle with respect to the flow direction of the target liquid through the tubular segment,
a slit, formed between the tubular segment and the baffle, through which the target liquid flows from the input side to the output side,
wherein the baffle further comprises:
at least one first positive curvature surface extending towards the input side and forming at least a portion of a total surface of the baffle facing the input side,
an inner wall and an outer wall that delimit the slit, wherein the inner wall is formed by a wall section of the baffle that extends substantially in a direction of the longitudinal axis, and the outer wall is formed by a section of the tubular segment,
wherein the slit extends in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis along a section of the circumference of the tubular segment;

a first pipe segment for transporting a mixture composed of the target liquid and the material dissolved in the target liquid;
a second pipe segment, connected to the first pipe segment, for supplying the target liquid into the first pipe segment, and
a third pipe segment, connected to the first pipe segment, for supplying the material into the first pipe segment,
wherein either the baffle pipe segment is attached to at least one of the inside of the first pipe segment in a path of the target liquid or between the first pipe segment and the second pipe segment, wherein the baffle pipe segment is arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal axis,
wherein the input side of the baffle pipe segment is connected to the second pipe segment and the output side of the baffle pipe segment is connected to the third pipe segment and centered with respect to the longitudinal axis, wherein a distance between the slit and an outlet of the third pipe segment is maximal when the slit is at a rotational position aligned with the outlet of the third pipe segment.

2. The injector device of claim 1 , wherein at least two thirds of the slit is arranged in a bottom half of the first pipe segment and wherein an outlet of the third pipe segment into the first pipe segment is arranged on top of the first pipe segment.

3. The injector device of claim 1 , wherein the baffle pipe segment is attached inside the first pipe segment, and an end of the tubular segment facing the second pipe segment forms a slope on the input side towards the second pipe segment in such a way that a step-less transition is between a hull of the first pipe segment and the tubular segment.

4. The injector device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the baffle pipe segment and the outlet of the third pipe segment substantially equals a passage distance of the target liquid through the slit.

5. The injector device of claim 1 , wherein the first pipe segment comprises at least one constriction downstream of the outlet of the third pipe segment, wherein the first pipe segment comprises a plurality of constrictions at predefined distances along its extension downstream of the outlet of the third pipe segment.

6. A dissolving installation for dissolving a material, the dissolving installation comprising:
an injector device according to claim 1 ;
at least a first supply container for providing the target liquid connected to the second pipe segment;
a first variable-flow pump for transporting the target liquid from the first supply container through the second pipe segment towards the first pipe segment; and
a material dosage unit for regulating a quantity of the material to be supplied into the first pipe segment per time unit.

7. The dissolving installation of claim 6 , further comprising a feedback pipe for recirculating the liquid mixture from an outlet of the first pipe segment back to the input side of the injector device and at least a second pump for transporting the liquid mixture through the feedback pipe.

8. The dissolving installation of claim 6 , further comprising at least one second supply container connected to the third pipe segment for providing the material to be dissolved into the target liquid.

Assignees

• Tetra Laval Holdings & Finance

Inventors

• Eggler Thomas

Classifications

• B01F5/0415 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F5/061

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F1/0022

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F5/043

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B01F21/20 Primary

  using flow mixing · CPC title