A process for producing a solution of a gas in a liquid in which the gas
is soluble, the solution having a predetermined concentration up to
saturation. The gas and the liquid are brought together under controlled
supply in a proportion corresponding to the predetermined concentration
of the solution, and the gas and the liquid are caused to form a stream
passing through a common conduit. The gas and the liquid in the stream
are caused to intermix under the action of gravity, and the intermixing
is repeated before the gas and the liquid have separated, so that the gas
is substantially absorbed in the liquid, forming a gas-liquid solution of
the predetermined concentration. The stream may be brought into
turbulence for intensifying the intermixing of the gas and the liquid. An
apparatus for performing the process includes a conduit including a
continuous tubular coil formed with a plurality of upwardly and
downwardly directed sections. Suitably, elements generating turbulence
are disposed within the tubular coil, as is also a pressure-sustaining
valve which maintains a predetermined overpressure in the conduit is
provided. Suitably, the tubular coil is shaped as a horizontal helix.