Device and method of creating hydrodynamic cavitation in fluids

摘要

The present invention provides for a device and method of creating hydrodynamic cavitation in fluids. The device comprises a chamber formed by a wall where the wall has a first orifice and an opposing second orifice that are both in fluid communication with said chamber. The first orifice and the second orifice share the same center-line and the first orifice has a diameter smaller than that of the second orifice. The method comprises the steps of: introducing a first liquid stream through the first orifice of the device to create a first liquid jet; introducing a second liquid stream through the second orifice of the device to create a second liquid jet; creating a high shear intensity vortex contact layer when the first liquid jet interacts with and penetrates the second liquid jet; and creating and collapsing cavitation caverns and bubbles in the high shear intensity vortex contact layer.