Stator-rotor vortex chamber for mass and/or heat transfer processes
US11465116B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01J2208/00938
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A device for bringing a target medium into contact with a carrier fluid comprises a chamber comprising a circumferential wall, a bottom wall and a top wall forming an enclosure for containing the target medium while contacting the carrier fluid, the chamber being substantially rotationally symmetric with respect to an axis of symmetry and adapted for remaining mechanically static in operation of the device. The device comprises a fluid inlet for injecting the carrier fluid into the chamber in a substantially tangential direction with respect to an inner surface of the circumferential wall, and an outlet. The device comprises a fluid distributor in the chamber for enabling the injected carrier fluid to pass through the distributor in a substantially inward radial direction, the distributor being substantially rotationally symmetric and adapted for rotating around the axis when driven by a transfer of momentum between the injected carrier fluid and the distributor.
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