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An apparatus for mixing fluids includes at least one noncircular orifice having unequal major and minor axis dimensions, with the major axis dimension being less than approximately 5 times the minor axis dimension. A first fluid is emitted from the orifice as a jet for mixing with another fluid in a

An apparatus for mixing fluids includes at least one noncircular orifice having unequal major and minor axis dimensions, with the major axis dimension being less than approximately 5 times the minor axis dimension. A first fluid is emitted from the orifice as a jet for mixing with another fluid in a region downstream of the orifice. The mixing region extends downstream a distance at least equal to the minor axis dimension, and then either terminates in a wall in the path of the jet or continues downstream to a total distance of at least approximately 3 times the minor axis dimension. The mixing region has a lateral width of at least 2(a+0.4x) in a direction parallel to the major axis and a lateral width of at least 2(b+0.4x) in a direction parallel to the minor axis, where a and b are one-half the major and minor axis dimensions, respectively, and x is the distance downstream of the orifice.

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Apparatus for mixing fluids, comprising: first fluid conductive means terminating in at least one noncircular orifice for emitting a jet of a first fluid along a path in a preselected direction, the orifice having unequal major and minor axis dimensions with the major axis dimension being between tw

Apparatus for mixing fluids, comprising: first fluid conductive means terminating in at least one noncircular orifice for emitting a jet of a first fluid along a path in a preselected direction, the orifice having unequal major and minor axis dimensions with the major axis dimension being between two and three times the minor axis dimension; means for providing a second fluid, which is at least partially of the same phase as the first fluid, at a location immediately downstream of the orifice for mixing with the first fluid; and means for defining a mixing region which extends downstream of the orifice a distance at least equal to the minor axis dimension, and which either; terminates in a wall in the path of the jet; or continues downstream to a total distance from the orifice of at least three times the minor axis dimension; the mixing region having a lateral width of at least 2(a+0.4x) in a direction parallel to the major axis and a lateral width of at least 2(b+0.4x) in a direction parallel to the minor axis, where a and b are one-half the major and minor axis dimensions, respectively, and x is the distance downstream of the orifice; and the orifice not diverging from the preselected direction by an angle of more than seven (7) degrees.