Acoustic degasification of pressurized liquids
US4339247A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 1981 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2001 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D19/0078
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Described herein is an acoustic degasification process for separating dissolved gases from hydropressured or geopressured liquids. The liquid and the dissolved gas flow through a hollow chamber that is vibrated utilizing acoustic energy so as to focus the acoustic energy near the center of the hollow chamber, and by the process of rectified diffusion bubbles form and grow within the liquid, wherein buoyancy forces cause the enlarging bubbles to migrate to the surface of the liquid.
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