Cylindrical membrane apparatus for forming foam
    2.
    发明授权
    Cylindrical membrane apparatus for forming foam 有权
    用于形成泡沫的圆柱形膜装置

    公开(公告)号:US08231263B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-07-31

    申请号:US12374284

    申请日:2007-07-12

    IPC分类号: B01F3/04

    摘要: An apparatus and process for making a foam having a controlled size distribution of gas bubbles in a liquid matrix. The invention utilizes a porous material having a controlled pore size and pore distance to produce a substantially uniform size distribution of gas bubbles; a gas pumping device for directing a flow of gas to and through the porous material to form the gas bubbles; a fluid pumping device for directing a flow of liquid matrix past the porous material and a rotating element moving in the vicinity of the membrane surface causing an additional flow to detach, collect accumulate and entrain the gas bubbles in the liquid matrix to form a foam having gas bubbles of generally uniform size and a substantially uniform gas bubble size distribution. Advantageously, the pore size and pore distance of the porous material, the gas flow from the gas pumping device, the flow field generated by the rotating element and the liquid flow from the fluid pumping device cooperate to provide gas bubbles having a mean diameter X50,0 that is less than 2-2.5 times, preferably less than 1.25-1.5 times the mean pore diameter of the membrane and to provide the foam with a gas bubble diameter distribution ratio X90,0/X10,0 that is less than 5, preferably less than 3.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于制造泡沫的装置和方法,其具有在液体基质中气泡的可控尺寸分布。 本发明利用具有受控孔径和孔距离的多孔材料来产生基本均匀的气泡尺寸分布; 用于将气体流引导到多孔材料并通过多孔材料以形成气泡的气体抽吸装置; 用于引导液体基质流过多孔材料的流体泵送装置和在膜表面附近移动的旋转元件,引起额外的流动分离,收集积聚并将气泡夹带在液体基质中以形成具有 气泡尺寸大致均匀,气泡尺寸分布基本均匀。 有利地,多孔材料的孔径和孔隙距离,来自气体抽吸装置的气体流量,由旋转元件产生的流场和来自流体泵送装置的液体流动相配合以提供具有平均直径X50的气泡, 0小于膜的平均孔径的2-2.5倍,优选小于1.25-1.5倍,并且为泡沫提供小于5的气泡直径分布比X90,0 / X10,0,优选 小于3。

    CYLINDRICAL MEMBRANE APPARATUS FOR FORMING FOAM
    3.
    发明申请
    CYLINDRICAL MEMBRANE APPARATUS FOR FORMING FOAM 有权
    用于形成泡沫的圆柱形膜装置

    公开(公告)号:US20090323459A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-12-31

    申请号:US12374284

    申请日:2007-07-12

    IPC分类号: B01F3/04 B01F5/04 B01F7/00

    摘要: An apparatus and process for making a foam having a controlled size distribution of gas bubbles in a liquid matrix. The invention utilizes a porous material having a controlled pore size and pore distance to produce a substantially uniform size distribution of gas bubbles; a gas pumping device for directing a flow of gas to and through the porous material to form the gas bubbles; a fluid pumping device for directing a flow of liquid matrix past the porous material and a rotating element moving in the vicinity of the membrane surface causing an additional flow to detach, collect accumulate and entrain the gas bubbles in the liquid matrix to form a foam having gas bubbles of generally uniform size and a substantially uniform gas bubble size distribution. Advantageously, the pore size and pore distance of the porous material, the gas flow from the gas pumping device, the flow field generated by the rotating element and the liquid flow from the fluid pumping device cooperate to provide gas bubbles having a mean diameter X50,0 that is less than 2-2.5 times, preferably less than 1.25-1.5 times the mean pore diameter of the membrane and to provide the foam with a gas bubble diameter distribution ratio X90,0/X10,0 that is less than 5, preferably less than 3.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于制造泡沫的装置和方法,其具有在液体基质中气泡的可控尺寸分布。 本发明利用具有受控孔径和孔距离的多孔材料来产生基本均匀的气泡尺寸分布; 用于将气体流引导到多孔材料并通过多孔材料以形成气泡的气体抽吸装置; 用于引导液体基质流过多孔材料的流体泵送装置和在膜表面附近移动的旋转元件,引起额外的流动分离,收集积聚并将气泡夹带在液体基质中以形成具有 气泡尺寸大致均匀,气泡尺寸分布基本均匀。 有利地,多孔材料的孔径和孔隙距离,来自气体抽吸装置的气体流量,由旋转元件产生的流场和来自流体泵送装置的液体流动相配合以提供具有平均直径X50的气泡, 0小于膜的平均孔径的2-2.5倍,优选小于1.25-1.5倍,并且为泡沫提供小于5的气泡直径分布比X90,0 / X10,0,优选 小于3。