GB2056870A - Method of agitating liquids - Google Patents
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- GB2056870A GB2056870A GB7920206A GB7920206A GB2056870A GB 2056870 A GB2056870 A GB 2056870A GB 7920206 A GB7920206 A GB 7920206A GB 7920206 A GB7920206 A GB 7920206A GB 2056870 A GB2056870 A GB 2056870A
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F3/00—Biological treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
- C02F3/02—Aerobic processes
- C02F3/12—Activated sludge processes
- C02F3/1278—Provisions for mixing or aeration of the mixed liquor
- C02F3/1284—Mixing devices
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F31/00—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms
- B01F31/65—Mixers with shaking, oscillating, or vibrating mechanisms the materials to be mixed being directly submitted to a pulsating movement, e.g. by means of an oscillating piston or air column
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F33/00—Other mixers; Mixing plants; Combinations of mixers
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02W—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT
- Y02W10/00—Technologies for wastewater treatment
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Abstract
Liquids and slurries, such as water treatment sludges, are agitated to cause mixing by periodic inflation and deflation of an inflatable body 1, such as an electric- walled bladder, immersed in the liquid or slurry. The bladder 1 may be anchored or it may be free to rise and fall, with inflation and deflation respectively, which contributes to the mixing effect. <IMAGE>
Description
SPECIFICATION
Method of agitating liquids
This invention relates to a method of agitating a volume of a liquid or slurry to cause mixing thereof.
In various processes involving the use of a liquid or slurry (such as a sludge), it is necessary or at least desirable to keep the liquid or slurry well mixed. For example, in sewage treatment, it is essential to have thorough mixing of sludge in digestion tanks for the treatment process to be efficient. Various techniques are known for effecting mixing in a volume of liquid or slurry. Most commonly, rotational mechanical stirrers or recirculation pumps are used. These cause agitation within the liquid or slurry and so cause mixing.
Another technique involves injecting a gas into the liquid or slurry, the rising gas bubbles creating the desired mixing.
In many cases, the provision and operating costs of mechanical stirrers and recirculation pumps are high and they do not always achieve satisfactory mixing. The injection of gas can be difficult in practice to control and can lead to undesirable volatalisation and entrainment of gas bubbles.
We have now devised a method of mixing a liquid or a slurry by which at least some of the disadvantages of prior known methods can be reduced or avoided.
According to the present invention, there is provided a method of agitating a volume of liquid or slurry to cause mixing thereof which comprises immersing in the liquid or slurry an inflatable body, and periodically inflating and deflating the body to increase and decrease its volume, respectively, to cause agitation and hence mixing of the liquid or slurry.
The inflatable body is preferably an elasticwalled bladder. The precise shape may vary, but we prefer to use an elongate tubular bladder. A gas supply line is provided to inflate the bladder. To deflate the immersed bladder, the gas may simply be vented into the liquid or slurry. We prefer, however, to avoid direct contact between the gas and the liquid or slurry, and for this purpose the gas is preferably ducted away from the bladder out of contact with the liquid or slurry.
The inflatable body causes movement and, thus, mixing of the liquid or slurry as it is inflated and deflated. The body may be held stationary in the liquid or slurry or, alternatively, it may be moved around. According to a preferred feature of the invention, the inflatable body is so weighted that, upon inflation, it rises within the liquid and upon deflation it sinks. In this way, there is an extra stirring effect due to the rise and fall of the body as it is successively inflated and deflated.
In order that the invention may be more fully understood, reference is made to the accompanying drawing which shows, in longitudinal cross-section, one form of inflatable body of the invention. Referring to the drawing, the body comprises an elongate cylindrical rubber bladder 1 (shown partly inflated), having a metal tube 2 passing therethrough with a flange 3 at each end. Th ends of the bladder 1 are compressed against flanges 3 by washers 4, to make air-tight joints. One end flange 3 is provided with a gas passage 5 for the supply and removal of gas from the inside 6 of bladder 1.
In use, a source of gas under pressure is connected to passage 5, and the body is immersed in a liquid or slurry. If it is desired to have the body rise and fall with inflation/ deflation, its weight has to be appropriate to the particular liquid or slurry and extra weights can be attached to the body as necessary. Gas supplied under pressure to passage 5 will cause inflation of the bladder. By suitable valving arrangements (not shown), passage 5 can then be disconnected from the gas pressure source and the bladder vented to cause deflation. The expansion and contraction of the bladder in the liquid or slurry causes mixing thereof. The mixing effect is greater if the bladder is also allowed to rise and fall within the liquid or slurry.
As will be clear to those skilled in the art, the inflatable body can be of almost size and shape, as required by the proposed use. Thus, inflatable bodies can be made for use with mixing vessels ranging from 1 litre up to 100 m3 volume. By way of experiment, an inflatable body closely similar to that illustrated has been used successfully to overcome the settling of sewage sludge solids in sludge storage tanks of 3.5 m depth and 20 m3 capacity.
Whilst the method of the invention is particularly useful in the water and sewage treatment industries, for mixing sludges, it is also useful in other fields, for example for keeping solids in suspension in liquids or generally for maintaining liquid-containing mixtures in a homogenous state.
1. A method of agitating a volume of liquid or slurry to cause mixing thereof, which comprises periodically inflating and deflating an inflatable body immersed in the liquid or slurry, to increase and decrease the volume of the body and thereby cause agitation of the liquid or slurry.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the inflated body is deflated by removing gas therefrom without contact between the gas and the liquid or slurry.
3. A method according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the body is held stationary in the liquid or slurry.
4. A method accoding to claim 1 or 2 wherein the body is free to rise and sink
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Claims (6)
1. A method of agitating a volume of liquid or slurry to cause mixing thereof, which comprises periodically inflating and deflating an inflatable body immersed in the liquid or slurry, to increase and decrease the volume of the body and thereby cause agitation of the liquid or slurry.
2. A method according to claim 1 wherein the inflated body is deflated by removing gas therefrom without contact between the gas and the liquid or slurry.
3. A method according to claim 1 or 2 wherein the body is held stationary in the liquid or slurry.
4. A method accoding to claim 1 or 2 wherein the body is free to rise and sink within the liquid or slurry, and wherein upon inflation the body rises and upon deflation the body sinks.
5. A method according to any of claims 1 to 4 wherein the body comprises an elongate elastic-walled bladder.
6. A method of agitating a volume of liquid or slurry substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawing.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB7920206A GB2056870A (en) | 1979-06-11 | 1979-06-11 | Method of agitating liquids |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB7920206A GB2056870A (en) | 1979-06-11 | 1979-06-11 | Method of agitating liquids |
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Cited By (5)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR2531901A1 (en) * | 1982-08-19 | 1984-02-24 | Hudelmaier Ingrid | CONCRETE MIXER EQUIPPED WITH A VIBRATOR |
| CN104190306A (en) * | 2014-06-10 | 2014-12-10 | 苏州培英实验设备有限公司 | Novel auto-mixing shake flask |
| CN108751453A (en) * | 2018-06-20 | 2018-11-06 | 佛山市宝粤美科技有限公司 | Utilize hydraulic pressure gas explosion oxygenate apparatus and application method |
| CN114950315A (en) * | 2022-05-13 | 2022-08-30 | 河北彩客新材料科技股份有限公司 | Stirring reation kettle is used in DATA production |
| CN118047144A (en) * | 2024-04-12 | 2024-05-17 | 河南农心肥业有限公司 | Material storage system for preventing material caking based on sealed feeding |
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Cited By (7)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR2531901A1 (en) * | 1982-08-19 | 1984-02-24 | Hudelmaier Ingrid | CONCRETE MIXER EQUIPPED WITH A VIBRATOR |
| CN104190306A (en) * | 2014-06-10 | 2014-12-10 | 苏州培英实验设备有限公司 | Novel auto-mixing shake flask |
| CN108751453A (en) * | 2018-06-20 | 2018-11-06 | 佛山市宝粤美科技有限公司 | Utilize hydraulic pressure gas explosion oxygenate apparatus and application method |
| CN114950315A (en) * | 2022-05-13 | 2022-08-30 | 河北彩客新材料科技股份有限公司 | Stirring reation kettle is used in DATA production |
| CN114950315B (en) * | 2022-05-13 | 2023-09-05 | 河北彩客新材料科技股份有限公司 | Stirring reaction kettle for DATA production |
| CN118047144A (en) * | 2024-04-12 | 2024-05-17 | 河南农心肥业有限公司 | Material storage system for preventing material caking based on sealed feeding |
| CN118047144B (en) * | 2024-04-12 | 2024-07-23 | 河南农心肥业有限公司 | Material storage system for preventing material caking based on sealed feeding |
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| WAP | Application withdrawn, taken to be withdrawn or refused ** after publication under section 16(1) |