The treatment of raw water entering a water treatment plant through a rectangular channel can seem like a daunting task. That is especially true when you take into account additional factors, such as low allowable pressure drop, injection of chemicals, and the desired homogenous blend of output downstream. However, Komax Systems, a manufacturer of in-line static mixers, has made the task easier.
The Komax Systems channel mixer consists of a series of interlocking left- and right-hand mixing elements, which under turbulent flow, produce elliptical vortices rotating in opposite directions of either side of each element. The axis of each vortex is
