Element for eliminating turbulent behavior of liquid in a holder

摘要

The present invention relates to essential details of the design of an inflatable element (5), which can neither be moved nor deformed by the liquid (3), to its functional operation, and to the resulting predictable and repeatable ability to eliminate turbulent behavior and to influence the behavior of a liquid in a holder (2) or tank suitable for the storage or transport of liquids, in which the element at any liquid level and at any volume of liquid at least completely covers the horizontal liquid surface and in which the element can change both in size and in shape if required necessary by the geometry, the shape or the dimensions of the liquid holder or tank.

主权项

1. An inflatable element for use in the interior of a liquid holder, wherein:
the element comprises one or more chambers, and the walls of the one or more chambers are formed of a flexible, deformable, nearly non-elastic, and air-impervious material, a first chamber of the one or more chambers is configured such that:
when the first chamber is filled with inflation fluid from a nonfilled, shape-less starting position, the volume of the first chamber increases substantially without an increase in internal pressure to a threshold volume at which a further increase in the volume of the first chamber is limited by a rapid increase in internal pressure in the first chamber, andwhen the element and liquid are disposed within the liquid holder and the internal pressure of the first chamber is between 5 and 200 millibar, the first chamber overlies the entire liquid surface in the liquid holder, and at least one of the one or more chambers interiorly is provided with wire connections between a top wall of the chamber and a bottom wall of the chamber.