摘要：

An apparatus comprises a container having discharge orifices, inlet pipes for feeding liquid and gas into this container, distributors adapted for uniformly introducing into said container the gas and the liquid, and a source of compressed gas. The apertures of the gas distributor are located above the uppermost discharge orifices of said container and the apertures of the liquid distributor are located below the uppermost discharge orifices of said container. A method of employing the apparatus comprises feeding liquid into the container and a positive pressure is provided over the free surface of this liquid. Then the liquid is caused to issue in jets from the container, which jets are dispersed to form droplets either spontaneously or under the disturbance action being applied. Depending on the required output the delivery of the liquid is controlled so that its level within the container varies between the levels of location of the uppermost and lowermost discharge orifices of the container.

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