DISTRIBUTOR FOR GEL-LIKE MATERIALS

摘要

Apparatus for distributing a gel-like material such as sludge to the entrances of a plurality of vertically extending conduits such as falling film heat exchange tubes used in a freeze-thaw sludge treatment system. The apparatus comprises a plate having a set of orifices for receiving the upper ends of the conduits, there being slight clearance between the orifice edge and the conduit. The gel-like material is introduced beneath the distributor plate under pressure, and the material flows upwardly through the clearance and into the upper ends of the conduits in a uniform manner.