How Does it Work?

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In simple terms, the patented SpiroFlo device is a "tornado in a pipe". The SpiroFlo device shapes turbulent liquid flow into a spiraling flow with very stable characteristics and operational efficiencies.

As fluid flow (liquids and/or gases) is introduced to the SpiroFlo device, the flow undergoes a rotational shift of 90-degrees to the inlet. Fluid traverses around a series of helical-shaped "turbines" which causes the fluid to spin and accelerate as it passes across the device. Any air particles present in the fluid are pulled toward the center of the tornado-like vortex as the flow becomes fully organized.

Once the flow is fully organized, liquids travel around the pipe in a spiraling flow traveling at 45-degrees and the gases travel in a spinning rope-shaped flow in the middle of the vortex.

These new SpiroFlo in-line designs have significant benefits for single-phase liquids and multi-phase (liquid and gas) flows. This exciting process offers the potential to use the technology for continuous mixing as well as the separation of liquid/gas flows during piping transfer.

In a two-phase liquid-gas mix, bubbles of gas are drawn to the center of the spinning vortex and travel inside the air envelope in a stable and organized flow, essentially separate from the spiraling liquids. In single-phase liquid applications, the fluids travel through the pipeline in a spiral flow, thereby reducing drop-out and residue build-up.

The SpiroFlo™ technology is market-ready and will be utilized in oil and gas markets through Ecotech’s strategic partnership with VortexFlow.

*Vortex Flow has an exclusive license to the line of Ecotech technologies for certain oil and gas markets.