CODE 4BT100D, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100

36 -- FLUID MIXING DEVICE -- LICENSING OPPORTUNITY POC Martha H. Harrington (760) 927-1910 KEYWORD: CHINA LAKE FLUID MIXING DEVICE-LICENSING OPPORTUNITY POC Martha H. Harrington Code 4BT100D, (760) 927-1910 U.S. PATENT #4,957,242 "FLUID MIXING DEVICE HAVING A CONICAL INLET AND A NON CIRCULAR OUTLET" The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, CA has developed and patented a mixing device that causes efficient large-scale as well as small-scale (molecular) mixing of two or more fluids in a small space. China Lake researchers have developed a fluid-mixing device that has a conical inlet and a non circular, elongated outlet. The intersection of the conical and elongated sections produces axial rotation in a fluid passing through the device, thus creating intense, three-dimensional axial, and circumferential vortical structures. The jet of fluid evolves into four secondary jets, generating several shear layers inside the flow and augmenting mixing with a second fluid downstream of the device. The result is highly efficient mixing of the two fluids within a relatively small mixing space. This mixing is generally uniform in its mixing characteristics and is equally efficient at the small-scale or molecular level and the large-scale or bulk level. We are now looking to expedite technology transfer of Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division innovations. The objectives of Navy domestic technology transfer are: (1) to disseminate technology originally developed in support of military applications for potential alternative uses in the public and private sectors; (2) to provide joint cooperative development programs that address problems of critical concern to the Navy and other agencies or organizations; and (3) to leverage research and development opportunities of mutual interest to the Navy and industrial organizations. In pursuit of these objectives the Navy transfers technology to other Federal Government agencies, state and local governments, small and large United States businesses, non-profit organizations and such public service organizations as schools, hospitals and foundations. For more information contact the Technology Transfer Office, Code 4BT100D, at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, (CHINA LAKE), CA 93555-6100, phone number (760) 927-1910. This announcement is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute an RFB or RFP, it is not a commitment by the Government, and is not expected to lead to contracts to be let by the Government. (0293)

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