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Mass transfer device

US5762834A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 5, 1997
Grant dateJun 9, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 5, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D3/163
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A mass transfer device is provided in the form of a tray having perforations spanned by bridge members shaped to divert liquid flowing in the design flow direction around the perforation such that gas rising through the perforation encounters the liquid flow essentially at right angles.

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