GAS DISSOLVING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

An apparatus (10) for dissolving a gas into a fluid which may contain at least one dissolved gas. The apparatus (10) includes a first vertically oriented tube (2) defining a first inner space (32) and a second vertically oriented tube (12). The space between the first and second tubes is referred to as the second inner space (40). The gas is introduced through an inlet (18) into the second inner space (40). The apparatus (10) includes an acceleration device (20) for accelerating the flow of fluid through the second inner space (40). The apparatus includes a helix-shaped bubble harvester (22) which removes fugitive (undissolved) bubbles from the fluid flow and returns them to the second inner space (40) to increase the probability that those bubbles will be dissolved into the fluid.