APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING DENATURATED ALCOHOL Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing and chemical-pharmaceutical industry. SUBSTANCE: apparatus for continuous production of alcohol has hermetically sealed vessel adapted for storage of denaturating additive and equipped with locking fitting for supplying compressed air and connected to flow meter and pipeline containing turbulizing filler with grids and branch pipes. Pipeline inlet end is connected to ethyl alcohol meter and pipeline outlet end is connected to centrifugal pump and through supplying branch pipe to denaturating additive feeding pipeline. Vessel is equipped with discharge pipe and distributor made in the form of tore with through openings over its peripheral surface and branch pipe, which is connected via pipeline to pump discharge pipe. Total openings area is equal to section area of pump discharge branch pipe. EFFECT: intensified mass-exchange processes, reduced power consumption and enhanced reliability in operation. 3 dwg, 1 ex