FLUIDS DISINFECTION APPARATUS Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC A23L3/26 A61L2/08 C02F1/30 

FIELD: disinfection of fluids by means of bactericidal beam sources through suppressing activity of microorganisms dangerous to individual's health, may be used in food-processing industry and medicine for disinfecting food and other fluids.

SUBSTANCE: apparatus has inlet and outlet branch pipes, housing with end flange members, and cylindrical radiation chambers K₁, ..., K_n enclosed within housing and communicating with one another. Radiation chambers are provided with bactericidal radiation lamps L₁, ..., L_n coaxially arranged within said chambers in radiation transmitting casings. Radiation chambers are positioned one behind another with interval L satisfying condition: 2r<L<2R, where r is outer radius of cylindrical casing for lamp; R is radius of curvature of cylindrical wall of radiation chamber. Radiation chambers communicate with one another through slot-shaped through openings. Apparatus is further provided with partitions secured in the vicinity of zone where chambers communicate with one another, between end flange members, between casings of adjacent lamps, lengthwise thereof. Height of partition corresponds to expression: M=L-2r, where M is height of partition. Partitions are positioned in the course of plane including axial lines of radiation chambers parallel to one another and dividing working space of apparatus into halves to thereby form pairs of half-chambers A and B arranged symmetrically relative to said plane. Each of half-chambers is equipped with branch pipe, one of said branch pipes serving as inlet branch pipe and other of said branch pipes serving as outlet branch pipe. Enclosures of radiation chambers in conjunction with continuous transitions in chamber communication zones jointly form single enclosure for lamps of apparatus, said single enclosure serving as housing with internal surface functioning as lamp radiation reflecting surface.

EFFECT: increased efficiency in disinfecting of fluids, increased energy saving capability, ecological purity of end product and production.

3 cl, 4 dwg