Systems and methods of producing stable homogenous dispersions of immiscible fluids

• Main Authors: TOLEDO, Mo Mui, TOLEDO, Romeo, HULL, Richard, KIRMACI, Bilal
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.03.2021
• Subjects: MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods of producing stable homogeneous dispersions of non-polar fluid(s) in a continuous phase of polar fluid(s) or of polar fluid(s) in a continuous phase of non-polar fluid(s) without using synthetic emulsifiers and/or other chemical surfactants. This is achieved using a processor that comprises a stack of discs (round or other shape) installed within a pipe with gaps between the discs. The discs function as turbulence promoters and create high shear, turbulence, and cavitation in a fluid flowing through the pipe in which the promoters are installed. The processor comprises a housing (11) having an inlet (14) and an outlet (15); and a processing element (16) extending axially through the housing, the processing element comprising a plurality of discs (17), each disc having one or more apertures (21) formed therein and together located to one side of the disc, the apertures of adjacent discs radially opposed to each other.