Hydrocarbon/oxygen industrial gas mixer with coarse water droplet environment to reduce ignition potential

• Main Authors: LIPP CHARLES W, KLING THOMAS J, FEY VICTOR R, RANGITSCH MICHAEL J, ANDRESEN HARVEY E, MAYER JOHN R, CHRISTENSON CHRISTOPHER P, BRITTON LAURENCE G, HUTCHISON MICHAEL L
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.12.2012
• Subjects: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLURGY; MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING, DISPERSING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

A hydrocarbon-containing gas is mixed with an oxygen gas in a gas mixer in the presence of coarse water droplet environment, e.g., a rainy or driving rainstorm environment in which the water droplets generally have a size greater than 200 microns SMD. The water droplets surround and contact entraine...