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    Air-bubble atomizing device is useful for separating lipids in waste liquid, performing surplus sludge treatment and other various industrial purposes. Air bubbles in a liquid is atomized or pulverized into finer air bubbles by obliquely injecting one air bubble liquid containing air bubbles into a production cylinder. Invention also relates to a device for pulverizing air bubbles from a liquid into finer size bubbles.

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    Air-bubble atomizing device is useful for separating lipids in waste liquid, performing surplus sludge treatment and other various industrial purposes. Air bubbles in a liquid is atomized or pulverized into finer air bubbles by obliquely injecting one air bubble liquid containing air bubbles into a production cylinder. Invention also relates to a device for pulverizing air bubbles from a liquid into finer size bubbles.

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    Air-bubble atomizing device is useful for separating lipids in waste liquid, performing surplus sludge treatment and other various industrial purposes. Air bubbles in a liquid is atomized or pulverized into finer air bubbles by obliquely injecting one air bubble liquid containing air bubbles into a production cylinder. Invention also relates to a device for pulverizing air bubbles from a liquid into finer size bubbles.

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    cu») United States 'US 200901523814 cz) Patent Application Publication co) Pub. No.: US 2009/0152381 Al Kikuchi (4) Amn BUBBLE ATOMIZING DEVICE (76) Inveator: ——Takashige Kikuchi, Kita-ku (IP) Comesponilence Address: WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, LAL-P. 1030 18th Street, NAW. Suite 400 East ‘Washington, DC 20005-1503 (U (21) Appl.Nos 12814432 (22) Filed Dee. 10,2008, G0) Foreign Applicaton Priority Data Dee. 13,2007 GP) 2007-32262 Publication Classification (Sb Inve CORE 100 (2006.01) (43) Pub. Date: Jun. 18, 2009 (2) US.EL 2394085 on ABSTRACT Airbubbles ina liquid is atomized or pulverized into finer air ‘bubbles by obliquely injecting one air bubble liquid contain- ing air bubbles Irom primary injection hole into a prodve: tion eylinder having an upstream end closed and a down- siramend opening o form a primary swirling Hiquid flow and ‘Simultancously injecting another air bobble lsu containing air bubbles from a secondary injection hole into the produe- tion eylinder to form a secondary swirling liquid ow sos to bring the seeondary swirling liquid flow into colision with the primary swirling liquid flow, consequently to atoenize the airbubbles inthe air bubble Tiguid to furber fine air bubbles The si-bubble atomizing device capable of atomizing or pulverizing the air bubbles inthe liqnid in such a manner is ‘seful for separating ips contained in waste liguid, per forming sunplus sludge treatment and other various industrial purposes Patent Application Publication Jun, 18, 2009 Sheet 1 of 3 US 2009/0152381 AI FIG. 1 wt Wi Patent Application Publication —_ Jun, 18, 2009 Sheet 2 of 3 US 2009/0152381 AI Patent Application Publication Jun, 18, 2009 Sheet 3 of 3 US 2009/0152381 AI US 2009/0152381 Al AIR-BUBBLE ATOMIZING DEVICE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 0001] 1. Technical Field 10002] This invention relates to an ar-bubble stomizing deve useful or atomizing ar bubbles niga int finer size bubbles, for example, in separating lipids contained in waste Jiguid or performing surplus sludge eeatmet 0003] "2, Description of the Related Art 10004] Atomized sir bubble called micr-hubbes often to several tens mierometers in diameter are negatively charaed, snd therefore, casy to adhere to positive charged matter such a6 di, The negatively charge sir bubbles move slowly ward in water. With these properties of the air bubbles, he ‘bubble liquid containing the atomized ic microbubbles having these properties has been so far used for drainage treatment, sh andl seafood.culture, mechanical parts washing ‘and various other industries, An apparatus for producing Ii uid containing the miero air bubbles is disclosed in the fol Jowing patent literatures 0003] Patent Literature 1: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2007-148421(A) 0006) Patent Literature 2: Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2006-116365(A) 0007) Patent Literature 1 proposed by inventors inching the inventor of this invention describes anairbubble atomizee for further atomizing atomized ai bubbles in igi 10008} Before atomizing the ar bubbles inte liquid by the proposed air bubble atomizer, an air bubble Tigid is previ ‘ously produced by mingling ar or gas into a liguid by using pressure inspired by a pressure pump and pulverized int ine ‘ubbtes in the liqud by another air bubble atomizer. The fine air bubbles thus pulverized are further pulverized into smallermicroairhubblesby the proposed air bubble atomsizee ‘of Patent Literature | 10009] ‘The proposed air bubble atomizer comprises a pare tton wal having liquid inflow ports on te upstream side of 1 liguid feeding direction, an outer eylinder opening tothe ‘downstream sie ofthe liguid feeding direction, a shaft mem- ber formes cooxally inthe outer evinder and having a lange sliameter part extending along a specified range inthe ligt feeding direction and a small diameter part tapering from the upstream side tothe downstream side ofthe liquid feeding iret, and a bubble Tigud passage formed between the ‘outer eylinder and the shaft member. [0010] Atomizationoftheairbubblein theairbubble liquid ‘is caried out while flowing the air bubble liquid forcibly fed by a pressure pump from liquid inflow ports through the inside ofthe outer evlinder aoa the bubble liquid passe. At that time, the ai bubble liguid is introduces into the inside of the outer eylnder from the liquid inflow ports the pressure ‘ofthe aie bubble figuid is increased by means ofthe parition wall, and then, forced o pass through the bubble guid pas- sage widening from the upstream sidetowand the downstream side ofthe liquid feeding direction to change the pressure of the air bubble figui, consequent to stomize the ai bubbles in the ar bubble guid 0 further fine air bubbles, [0011] Patent Literature 2 describes fine aie-bubbe pro- «ducer for atomizing air bubbles contained in an ai bubble Tiguid to finer air bubbles by swirling the liquid. The fine Syubble producer of thsliterature comprises sde-opened ‘lider having ar introducing holes na closed side walland a pressurized liquid introducing hole epened tangentially ina part ofthe circumferential wall ofthe eylinder Jun. 18, 2009 [0012] ‘The conventional fine bubble producer produces the swirling liquid flow inthe eylinder by forcibly feeding pressurized liquid froma liquid inlet ino theeylindero eause ‘eptive pressure adjacent lo the central axis ofthe eylinde, ‘and further produces a narow swieing air vortex by allowing fir introduced rom the liquid inlet into dhe eylinder by the negative pressureto pass along theceatral axis of theeylinder, which has te lowest pressure [0013] The swirling Higuid flow flowing from the tiguid inlet toward the open side of the cylinders formed within the cylinder to impart a centrifugal foree on the liquid due 10 erence in specific gravity between air and liquid and pro- vide centripetal foree forthe ar. Consaquently, wile spray ing the air in a vaporliquid separated state onthe open side, the swirling liquid ow weakens exponentially due to the surrounding static guid atest resultingin eausinga swirling velocity difference o part the swirling air vortex by the swirl ing velocity difference. As a result, a massive amount of air ‘microbubbles are produced and discharged from the open Side of the eylinder [0014] However, the air bubble atomizer described in the ‘aforementioned Patent Literature I is inevitably complex in structure because it necessitates & mechanism for inducing the change of pressure [0015] The fine air-bubble producer of Patent Literature 2 has a funetion of subdividing air bubbles by immixing air bubbles into the liquid, but itis impossible to atomize air Dubbles in an ar bubble liquid into fer size air bubbles. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0016] This invention is made to eliminate the drawbacks siffered by’ the conventional deviees for producing sirsmi- crobubble liquid as described above and has an object t0 provide. simple and high-performance air-bubble atomizing Gevice which is capable of easily producing an aic-m crobubble liquid containing finer aie bubbles by bringing air ‘bubbles into collision with one another or withthe liquid 10 ‘tomize te bubbles ito further fine ar bubbles ia the liquid. [0017] Tosttain the object deseribed above according othe present invention, thee is provided an air-bubble atomizing Geviee for atomizing ar bubbles contained in an air bubble Jiquid produced by mingling ar bubbles with a comprises « production eylinder having aa upstream end ‘closed, a downstream endl opening to Form a release port and ‘seylindrical wall witha primary injection hole for obliquely injecting the air bubble iguid longasupposed line parallel to 4 supposed tangent line ofan ier peripheral surface ofthe cylindrical wall and a secondary injoction bole for injecting the air bubble liquid with displacement so as to bring the injected air bubble liquid close t the axial center of the evlinder with respect to the injection direction of the air Dubble liguid injected from the primary injection hole, \whereina primary swirling liquid flow is produced by the air bubble lig injected from the primary injetion hole in the production eylinder while tangling and mingling asecondary Swirling ligula formes by the air bubble liquid inject Irom the secondary injection hole withthe primary swirling liquid flow, thereby 1 produce ai microbuhbles in the lgui. [0018] According othe device ofthe invention, the flow of | the air bubble liquid swirling within the prodvetioneylinde, ‘aml the primary swirling figuid floss can be formed by injecting the ar bubble igud from the primary injection hole into the cylinder hy pressiresoasto leat the gui ow slong the inner peripheral surfce of the eylinder. Simultancously US 2009/0152381 Al With the formation ofthe primary siting liquid low, the Secondary swirling lgui fw aside fom the aforesaid pie mary flow isalso formes by injecting the ac bubble liquid co bring th injected ar bubble guid chose theasial eater of the eylinder from the secondary injection hole, ths o bring the Secondary swing Tiguid flow ito collision wilh the primary siding liguid low so as to disrupt the primary Sirling lig flow within the cylinder A 2 rest the bubble ligud colies with these bubbles inthe liquid, othe ‘bole collide wis one anther in the uid, so dat he bubbles ean be palverizetinto ner air bubbles tostomize the air bubbles inthe igi {0019} According to anotber aspect the invention provides ‘anar-bubbl tomizing device in which the pinay injection hoes placed on the upseam side from the secondary swe ing aid ow 10020] According to this iavcaton, the oresttion ofthe primary injection hole plaeedon the upsteam sidecases the Secondary swirling guid ow spouted from the secondary injcton holt colide with he primary swirkng Tigi ow regulary flowing along the inner penpheral surface ofthe ‘liner so thatthe sie bobbos in the iid can be steadily Puerized ito fine ai bubbles {0021} According to sil another aspect, the invention ro- Vides an siebhle atomizing deviee in whieh the primary injection hole is obliquely directed toward the inner peiph- ‘eal sfc inthe eircunneretil dgetion of the producti ‘liner and opens in the direction orthogonal to the axial ‘iection of the cylinder. {0022} According to this imveation, the primary suiting Tigo How generated within the production evlinder beings aot at elect of ibibting its cw outow to the release pot, dus fo steadily intemingle with he secondary swing Tigi low 10023) According to yet another aspect, the invention pro- Vides an sir hubble atomizing device in which the primary injection hole i obliquely directed toward the inner peiph- ‘elsurfae along the ircmnreaildretion ofthe pdt tion exlinde and opens obliquely tthe upstream side 0024) According to tis invention, tear bubble guid ean be spouted fom the primary injetion hole toward the upstream side ths to ereate a retention state ofthe primary Injection bolein the podtion eylinder.Conseqienty iter tingling of the secondacy swirling guid ow with the pee "ary swing liga Bow processes is ell $0 that iteam be expevied that the air bubbles in the Liquid Collide steadily wih one another in conjunction with inter nigling ofthe primary swt guid Hw with de second- fy swirling igi flow 10025} According to still more aspeet, the invention pro- Vides an air bubble lomiring device in which the production ‘inde has a eslindcal cross-section, 10026] According to this invention, the productionesindee having the eslindcal erosssection ean stabilize te primary svg igi Dow 10027] According wo sill more aspect, the invention pro- des an air bubble tomiing device in which the proton ‘inde hs @aon-ylndrealeross-section 0028] According otis invention, the production eslindee having the non-clinical eross-soaton ease the primary ‘and socondary sling guid Mews to collide with he comer portions of the inner penal surface ofthe cylinder to bring about diversions of te igud, otha interminglinand Jun. 18, 2009 collision ofthe primary switling Tiguid ow with the second- fry swirling liguid flow and collision of diversions with each ‘other ean be expected, [0029] According to still more aspect, the invention pro- vides an ar-bubble atomizing device in which the primary and secondary injection holes ae directed from the upstream side to the downstream side of the produetion cylinder and faranged alterstly at stable interval [0030] According to this invention, the multiple primary and secondary injection holes arranged alteaately ea bring the plural swirling lui flows spouted from the respective {njetion holes into collision with one another. [0031] According to finer aspect the invention provides fan aizhubble atomizing device in which the primary and secondary injetion holes are formed separately in the eit ceumferential direction of the production cylinder [0032] According to this invention, the air bubble liquids fan be injected into the production eylider from various directions. [0033] According to a still ure aspect, the invention provides an sir-bubble atomizing device further comprises a lead stem Which is disposed within the production eylinder ‘long the axial center of the eylinder and has a eylindrcal ‘small diameter part and a swelling part continuous from the small diameter parton the downstream side of the smal ameter part 0034} According to this invention, the primary switling Tiquid Now ean be brought into collision with the secondary swirling liquid flow asi stably stiri around the small diam ter part, [0035] "According toa sil further aspect the vention pro- vides an air bubble atomizing deviee in which the leadstem is {ormed in a substantially conical shape having the swelling part gradually tapering toward the downstream side [0036] According to ths inveation, the primary swirling liquid Now ean be brought into collision with the secondary swirling liquid flow as it stably stiri around the small diam- er part, and the swirling of the ligud flow ean be further Stabilized by the swelling part [0037] As is described above, according to the air-bubble stomizing device othe invention the primary and sccondary ‘swirling liquid lows formed by flowing the aie bubble liquids in diferent directions inthe production cylinder are tangled and mingled with each other to cause the air bubble iguid 10 collide withthe air bubbles ia the air bubble liquid or the ar bubbles to collide with one another in the liquid, so that an intended air-microbubble liquid containing a numberof fine air bubbles can easily be produced by pulverizing the air bubbles proexistng in the quid, [0038] "The aforementioned and other objects and advan- ages ofthe invention will become sore apparent from the {ollowing detailed description of panicular embodiments of the invention taken in eonjunedion with the accompanying srawings BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS. [0039] FIG. 1 isa perspective view showing an air-bubble stomizing device according to a fist embodiment of the present invention. [0040] FIGS. 24 and 2B areenlarged sectional views taken ‘long line Ha-a ad line Ib-Tb in FIG. 1, both showing the flow ofan air bubble lgui, [041] FIG. 3 isa sectional views taken along line HI-Il in FIG.2, US 2009/0152381 Al [0042] FIG. 4is.ascctional views taken along line II i FIG. 2, showing thesir-bubble atomizing device according ‘a second embostimeat of the invention, [0043] FIG. Sis» perspective view showing the si-bubble ‘atomizing device aecording (0 a third embodiment of the invention, [0044] FIGS, 6A and 68 areealarged sectional views taken ‘long line Via-Via and fie VibeVIb in FIG. 8 [0045] FIG. 7isasectional views taken along line I/-I in FIG. 2, showing the sir-bubble atomizing device xocording 10 a fourth embodiment ofthe invention, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION 10045] _Thopretered embosliments ofthe present vention With respect to an airbubble atomizing. device will be described hereinafter in detail with reference tothe accom= panying dra Embodinent 1 10047] 1G. 1is perspective view showing the sir-bubble tomizing device 1 according to the first embodiment ofthe invention, FIGS. 24 and 2B ave enlarged sectional views taken long line Ie ad Hine lb-1b a £1G. 1, both show ing the ow ofan air bubble iui, and FIG, 3a seeonal ‘ews taken along line ITH in FIG. 2. [0048], The siesubdle atomizing device 1 in the fist ‘emboiment ofthe invention serves to stomize or pulverize ‘irbubbles contained ina air bubble guid Wi produced ad forcibly fod by an air bubble liquid producing device (not shown in the drawings) ino fier air bubbles. An ‘robubbleligeid W2 containing airmicrobubblesatomivedor pulverized by the aircbubbe atomizing device 1 is fed 0 4 otshown igi to be tated such a waste id containing lpi. {0049} As shown inFIG. Land FIG. 3 hese-bubble stom- ‘ving deve 1 comprises a production eyinder 3 having an upstream end (et prtin the dings) closed, a dowastear nd (right prt inthe ding) opening to forma release port 2and a eylindical wall 4 witha primary injection hole Sand Secondary injeton hole 6 for injecting the forcibly fl ae bubble igus WI int the proton eylinder 3 through the ‘linda wall 4 10080) The primary injection ble Sis bored i the esline ‘rial Wall 4 othe production eyinde 3 the upstream side bfthe secondary injection hole 6 As shown in FIG. 2A, the primary injection hol 8s opens inthe dtetion orthogonal {othe aia diection P of theeylnder3 along a suppose ine ‘Yparalll oa supposed tanget line Xof the iner peripheral surface ofthe production cylinder 3035 tooblguely inet thesir bubble liquid W1 toward their peripheral surface? “has the pinay injection hole is famed so a5 iajet the sirbubble iguid WI toward the inner peripheral surface 7 ‘ofthe evinde in direction oblige to the circumferential ‘isetion of the prodocton cylinder 3. {0081} The ir bubble gui WA foebly fd rom the out- Sido of the proton cylinder 3 intodiced into the pro- ‘econ eylner 3 troagh the primary injetion ole Sand, ‘pon reaching tho inner peripheral surfce Tol thecylindsr 3 salvances along the inner peripheral surface 7 ofthe eslinder $S while swiveling tus o prodice primary swing liquid ow Fi. Jun. 18, 2009 [052] ‘The primary swiring liquid flow F1 flows from the ‘upstream side tothe downward side toward the release port 2 \while swiveling within the eylinde. [0053] Te sccondary injection hole 6 is formed in the vlindrieal wall 4of the eylinder 3 onthe downstream side of the primary inocton hole 5. As shown in FIG. 2B, the see- ‘ondacy injection hole 6 is formed orthogonally tothe diree- sion of the axial center P ofthe eylinder 3, so thatthe air bubble liquid WI is injected with displacement s0 38 10 Approach the axial center P of the eylinder 3 with respect to the direction nwhich te airbubble liquids injected from the primary injection hoe S [054] Similarly tothe primary swirling liquid Row Phe air bubble liquid WI foreibly fed from the outside of the production eylinder 3 i introduced into the production e- Inder 3 through the secondary injection hole 6 and, upon reaching the inner peripheral surlace 7 of the eylinder 3 advances along the inner peripheral surface 7 ofthe cylinder 3 while swiveling, husto producea secondary swirling iguid How F2. At this time, the secondary swirling lguid flow F2 thus generated by injecting the air Bubble liquid W1 into the cylinder collides with the primary swirling liquid flow FL ‘owing in the eylinder 3 ata frst erossing point 8 nea dhe socondary injection hole 6. Thus, the secondary swirling lig- Ud flo F2 collides with the primary swirling liquid flow FI soa to disrupt the primary swirling lig flow FL within the vlinder, thereby o cause the air bubble iquid WL to collide ‘with te ac bubble in the iguid WI ode ar bubbles i the liquid WE to collide with one another, As a result the air bubbles in the aie bubble liquid W/L are pulverized or stom: ‘ned liner ait bubbles in the liquid ‘ich other atthe fist éxossing point the secondary siding iui flow F2 keeps fxvaneing siaight ad collides with the primary swieing Tigo How Ft ata second erssing point right before each: ng the inner periph surface 7 ofthe prodctionevlinder3 Ai this ime, the secondary swirling gud flow F2 colds ‘with the primary swing guid flow FH 30 0st disrupt the Primary swirling liquid fw within the cylinder As res {he air bubble liquid Wi collides with the air bubbles inthe liguid WA, or the air bubbles collide with one smother inthe Jiquid 1, so thatthe ar bles ean be pulverized nto finer airbubbles to alomize the ae bubbles in the figuid WI [0086] _Asstated above the secondary’ swirling quid How 2colides withthe primary swing guid How FT athe t crossing point 8 and the second crossing pont 9 to reduce the aismicrobubbleliguid W2 contain air microbubbles pulverized by erssing the primary and secondary swirling Fiquid flows FY and F2, an then, upon reaching the inner petpheral sucfce Tof the elindr 3, the secondary switing Tiga flow £2 reaches the taner peripheral surface 7 ofthe esinder3and lows along the inner peripheral surface 7 while Svveling nd singling with the primary swing gid Doe FF, ths to produce mixed swirling igi flow F3 derived {rom the sezondary sing igo Dow F2. The mixed sist ing figuid flow flows toward the downstrsam sie while Swiveling within the eyinder and is discharged out ofthe éxliner though the releae po 2. [0087] As stated above, scoring wth ae bubble atom izing device | ofthe fist embodiment ofthe invention, the Primary and secondary siting guid flows PY and 2 Tormed by flowing the air Babble lied WH in diferst Givetions in the production eylader 3 are tangled and US 2009/0152381 Al ‘mingled with each other to eause the air bubble guid WI 10 collide with the air bubbles in the ar bubble liquid o the bubbles to collide with one another inthe Higui, so that a -nierobubble liquid W2 containing a number of fine si bubbles can easily be produced by pulverizing the ar bubbles preexisting inthe Liquid ad seat out to notshowa liquid to be treated such as waste id containing lipids Embodiment 2 10058] |Next, the second embodiment of the inveation will be deseribod with reference to FIG. 4 which is a sectional views taken along fine IT-IT in FIG. 2, Inthe drawings the reference numerals Which have equivalents inthe drawings of the embodiment mentioned above denote identical or equal ‘component elements. The description of these component ‘leatens is omitted below to avoid repetition [0059] Although the air-bubble atomizing device of Embodiment I described above has the primary and second- ary injection holes 5 and 6 formed orthogonally to the axial slrcction ofthe production ylinder 3, the primary injection hole Smay be formed obliquely to be diret to the sie ofthe ‘closed end (upstream side), as shown in FIG. 4 [0060] Where the primary injection hole § is formed ‘obliquely to be directed to the sie of the closed end, the primary swirling liquid Naw F 1 Rows once to the side ofthe ‘closed end of the eylinde, and upon reaching the wall 10 its, ‘ent toward th side ofthe released port 2 onthe dowastream side. Thus, the primary swirling liquid flow PL returning ater reaching the wall 10 again intersects ad collides with newly induced swirling Hiquid flow FL injected from the primary injection hole Sata thil erossing point 11 near the primary injection hole 5 [0061] _Theimersect ofthe primary swirling liquid lows FL ‘with exch other cause the sr bubble in the air bubble lg WI to be once pulverized and then sent toward the release port 2 as it swirls along the inner peripheral surface 7 of the cylinder 3. 10062] Thereafter, the primary and secondary swirling liq- tid flows 1 and F2collidewitheachotheratihe rst erossing point ® near the secondary injection hole 6 andl atthe second ‘rossing point 9, consequenlly t© produce the ai

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