Contactor and separation apparatus and process of using same
US10858597B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 20, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC10G2300/207
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An improved contactor/separator process is presented where one or more stages of contact and separation is achieved by providing one or more shroud and disengagement device combinations within a vessel, where the disengagement device is connected to the top of the shroud that contains vertically hanging fibers. A liquid admixture of immiscible fluids is directed co-currently upward through the shroud at flooding velocity or greater, where all of the admixture exits the disengagement device through a coalescing material. Tray supports are used to stack additional shroud and disengagement combinations vertically within the vessel. Each tray allows less dense liquids exiting one disengagement device from a lower shroud and disengagement device combination to enter the bottom of a shroud of a shroud and disengagement device combination position vertically above the lower shroud and disengagement device combination.
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