Patents Assigned to Multotec Process Equipment Limited
  • Method and apparatus for aeration of liquids or slurries
    Patent number: 6092667
    Abstract: A method of aerating a liquid comprising the steps of providing a column, introducing liquid under pressure into an upper zone of the column in the form of a jet of liquid directed in a path, permitting gas to be entrained by the jet of liquid, obstructing the path of the jet of liquid to form a zone of turbulence in which bubbles are formed in the liquid to create a foam or froth bed in the column, and removing the foam or froth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Multotec Process Equipment Limited
    Inventors: Arno Steinmuller, Michael Hugh Moys, Andre Nardus Terblanche