Process for the simultaneous exchange of heat and matter through a porous wall
US4873835A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 12, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 12, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S165/907
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the simultaneous exchange of heat and matter through a porous wall. A relatively hot gaseous mixture of two constituents passes through an exchange compartment by flowing along the first surface of a porous wall and is progressively cooled, which causes the condensation of a fraction of said mixture. This fraction is vaporized on the second surface of the wall in contact with a relatively cold gas. This process is useful for the fractionation of a mixture of two constituents of a gas, for example, of a mixture of pentane and heptane.
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