(19)
(11) EP 1 243 313 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
01.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/36

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.09.2002 Bulletin 2002/39

(21) Application number: 02006458.0

(22) Date of filing: 22.03.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B01F 3/04, B01F 3/08, B01F 15/00, B01F 13/02, C02F 3/20, C12M 1/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 23.03.2001 IT PC010014

(71) Applicant: R.T.N. S.r.l.
29015 Castelsangiovanni PC (IT)

(72) Inventor:
  • Amici, Alberto
    27100 Pavia (IT)

(74) Representative: La Ciura, Salvatore 
Via Francesco Sforza, 3
20122 Milano
20122 Milano (IT)

   


(54) Device and method for mixing a gas with a liquid or a liquid with a liquid


(57) This invention relates to a method for mixing a gas with a liquid or a liquid with a liquid, and a device designed to implement the said method.
The said device comprises a propeller (1) which contains a channel that places the upper surface of the blades (4) in communication with the environment containing a gas or liquid to be mixed with a liquid. The said device draws the gas, such as air, from the external environment (or a liquid) using the negative pressure generated on the upper surface of the propeller blades immersed in the liquid, such as water, when the propeller is rotated, the said negative pressure being sufficient to suck in the said air. The air thus aspirated will mix effectively with the liquid mass due to the effect of the vortex caused by the rotating propeller, which breaks up the air into a myriad of bubbles, thus greatly increasing the exchange surface.







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