Automated recirculation system for large particle size analysis

摘要

The present invention relates to a wet-type recirculation system for particle size analysis of sample including coarse particles (hundreds to thousands μm). According to the wet-type recirculation system of the present invention, the mixture liquid is recirculated using not a single recirculation line but two recirculation lines between the mixer and the particle size analyzer and the recirculation lines are connected with the mixer at the upper inputting part side of the mixer to discharge the mixture liquid. Further, the rotatable baffle is attached to the inside of the mixer to generate vortex in a horizontal direction as well as a vertical direction within the reservoir of the mixer and the baffle is rotated by a pressure of the mixture liquid discharged from the two recirculation lines to form vortex. Consequently, the mixture liquid in which fine particles and coarse particles are uniformly mixed is provided to the particle size analyzer and thus reliable and accurate result of the particle size distribution measurement can be obtained when particle size measurement of sediment including from fine particles of several μm to coarse particles of thousands μm.