| 摘要 |
A method for treating a continuous flow of fluent materials employs an apparatus (20, 200) comprising a generally cylindrical housing (23, 202) having an inlet (2 2, 204), and outlet (24, 206) and a plurality of treatment stages for successively imparting pulses of energy to the fluent materials in order to disassociate the materials on a molecular level and achieve a homogeneous, highly dispersed mixture. Each of the treatment stages includes a pair of baffle plates (50, 52, 248, 250) which are relatively rotatable and oppose the flow of fluent materials through the housing alternating zones of high pressure and cavitation. Each pair of the baffle plates include matched sets of openings (54, 56, 252, 254) therein which are periodically brought into alignment with each other as one plate rotates relatively to th e other, thereby allowing bursts of the fluent material to flow therethrough, from an upstrea m area (32, 212) of relatively high pressure into a cavitation area (84, 258). One of the battle plates (52, 60, 248, 264) in each pair thereof is mounted on a shaft (68, 224) rotated by a motor (76) located external of the housing. |
