Apparatus and method for mixing a gas and a liquid

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B01F 3/04 (2006.01) A23B 9/18 (2006.01) A23L 3/34 (2006.01) A23L 3/3409 (2006.01) B01D 1/16 (2006.01) B01F 5/02 (2006.01)

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CA 2370402

An apparatus and method are provided for mixing a gas and a liquid to produce a gaseous vapor of the liquid that is substantially free of droplets. Gas, e.g., carbon dioxide, is divided into first and second streams. The first stream is combined in an atomization zone with the liquid, e.g., acetic acid, to form an atomized mixture of the gas and liquid. This atomized mixture is then contacted with the second gas stream in a mixing zone within a mixing/separation chamber in which the second gas stream vaporizes substantially all of the atomized liquid, and the resulting mixture of gas, vaporized liquid and residual droplets moves to the separation zone of the mixing/separation chamber. In the separation zone, the residual droplets gravitationally separate from the vaporized mixture, and the vaporized mixture free of a substantial amount of residual droplets is removed from the chamber. A vaporized mixture of carbon dioxide and acetic acid is useful as, among other things, a preservative for perishable products, e.g., baked goods.

Appareil et méthode pour mélanger un gaz et un liquide pour transformer le liquide gazeux en vapeur presque exempte de gouttelettes. Le gaz, par exemple du dioxyde de carbone, est divisé en deux flux. Le premier flux est combiné, dans une zone d'atomisation, au liquide, par exemple de l'acide acétique, pour former un mélange atomisé de gaz et de liquide. Le mélange atomisé est ensuite mis en contact avec le second flux de gaz dans la zone de mélange d'une chambre de mélange et de séparation dans laquelle le liquide atomisé est presque complètement vaporisé du second flux de gaz, et le mélange de gaz obtenu, le liquide vaporisé et les gouttelettes résiduelles se déplacent vers la zone de séparation de la chambre de mélange et de séparation. Dans la zone de séparation, les gouttelettes résiduelles sont séparées par gravité du mélange vaporisé et le mélange vaporisé libéré d'une quantité importante de gouttelettes résiduelles est retiré de la chambre. Un mélange vaporisé de dioxyde de carbone et d'acide acétique peut être utilisé, entre autres, comme agent de conservation pour les produits périssables, comme les produits de boulangerie.

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