High Flow Venturi Nozzle Parallel Choke Gas Diffusion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional Venturi Nozzles are ineffective in diffusing gas into fast-moving liquids at high flow rates, which is necessary for applications like water treatment and aquaculture.
Innovation Solution
A High Flow Venturi Nozzle (HFVN) design featuring a body with chokes, a manifold system, and manifold outlets that create a venturi effect to efficiently diffuse gas into high-flow liquids, including a female and male cap assembly that forms a choke within a pipe, allowing for gas diffusion into fast-moving water.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a traditional Venturi nozzle is used, then gas diffusion into liquid is achieved, but the flow rate must be reduced which limits its effectiveness in high-flow applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the single Venturi throat into multiple parallel chokes (e.g., 3-9 chokes), allowing the liquid stream to be segmented into multiple smaller streams. Each choke creates its own venturi effect zone, enabling effective gas diffusion in each segment while collectively handling high total flow rates. This segmentation resolves the contradiction by maintaining low velocity in each individual choke for effective diffusion while summing to high overall productivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-plane Venturi design to a multi-dimensional structure with multiple chokes arranged in parallel. The manifold system distributes gas to multiple diffusion zones simultaneously, adding a spatial dimension to the diffusion process. This allows the system to achieve high gas diffusion efficiency across multiple zones while accommodating high liquid flow rates through the parallel arrangement.
2Speed
If the liquid flow rate is increased for high-flow applications, then productivity improves, but gas diffusion efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the liquid flow into multiple parallel streams through multiple chokes, each stream maintains lower velocity for effective gas diffusion while the aggregate flow rate remains high. The segmentation principle allows the system to simultaneously achieve high productivity through increased total flow and high diffusion efficiency through maintained low velocity in each segment.
3Productivity
If multiple chokes are used to increase gas diffusion capacity, then device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple choke structures into a single integrated nozzle body with a common manifold system. The manifold distributes gas to multiple chokes simultaneously, and the chokes are arranged in a compact configuration within a single housing. This merging approach increases gas diffusion capacity through multiple parallel diffusion zones while minimizing the increase in device complexity by using a unified structural design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The HFVN effectively diffuses gas into high-flow liquids while maintaining a high flow rate, overcoming the limitations of traditional Venturi Nozzles by creating a venturi effect at each manifold outlet, enabling efficient gas dispersion in water treatment and aquacultural applications.
Implementation Method 1
the present invention is capable of accommodating a high flow rate while still accomplishing the task of diffusing gas into the high-flow liquid
Implementation Method 2
static pressure must decrease as it passes through a constriction under the principle of conservation of mechanical energy (i.e., Bernoulli's principle)
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AI summary
The present invention is directed to a High Flow Venturi Nozzle assembly capable of diffusing gas into a large quantity of fast-moving liquid. The High Flow Venturi Nozzle has female and male caps which form a pocket when the caps are joined together, and which pocket is in fluid communication with an orifice in the male cap.