SATURATOR FOR BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: sugar industry. SUBSTANCE: saturator has vertical housing equipped with process branch pipes and having square section. Gas distributing device is positioned above housing conical bottom. Sugar-containing solution supplying and distributing device is located in upper part of housing. Grid is positioned for vibration under said device in space above juice. Vertical perforated corrugated plates defining channels narrowing and widening in vertical plane are fixed above grid. Housing wall internal surface is equipped with curved grooves longitudinally extending from grid attachment place to solution supplying device. Said grooves serve for turbulizing solution in the region adjacent to housing wall. Saturator is used for processing sugar- containing solution with saturating gas. EFFECT: increased carbon dioxide utilization coefficient and improved filtration-sedimentation properties of saturated sugar-containing solution. 2 dwg